Title 7AgricultureRelease 119-73not60

§499j Orders; Effective Date; Continuance in Force; Suspension, Modification and Setting Aside; Penalty

Title 7 › Chapter 20A— PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES › § 499j

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Orders from the Secretary under this chapter, except orders that require payment of money, must say when they start and give at least ten days' notice. They stay in force until the Secretary changes them or until the time in the order ends, unless the Secretary or a court pauses, changes, or cancels them. If an order is properly issued, it is final. But the commission merchant, dealer, or broker the order is against can ask a court to stop or cancel the order, as long as they file that request before the order’s start date.

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Title 7, §499j

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Any order of the Secretary under this chapter other than an order for the payment of money shall take effect within such reasonable time, not less than ten days, as is prescribed in the order, and shall continue in force until his further order, or for a specified period of time, accordingly as it is prescribed in the order, unless such order is suspended, modified, or set aside by the Secretary or is suspended, modified, or set aside by a court of competent jurisdiction. Any such order of the Secretary, if regularly made, shall be final, unless before the date prescribed for its taking effect application is made to a court of competent jurisdiction by the commission merchant, dealer, or broker against whom such order is directed to have such order set aside or its enforcement, operation, or execution suspended or restrained.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 560 of this title.

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7 U.S.C. § 499j

Title 7Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60