Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§499j Orders; Effective Date; Continuance in Force; Suspension, Modification and Setting Aside; Penalty
Title 7 › CHAPTER 20A — PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES › § 499j
Summary
The Secretary’s orders that are not about paying money must say when they start. They must start after a reasonable time and not sooner than ten days. The orders stay in force until the Secretary ends them, until the date the order gives, or until a court changes, pauses, or cancels them. If an order was issued in the normal way, it is final. The commission merchant, dealer, or broker named in the order can ask a court to cancel or pause it, but they must apply 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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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 560 of this title.
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7 U.S.C. § 499j
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102