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title: "7 U.S.C. § 511k"
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title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
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chapter_name: "TOBACCO INSPECTION"
section: "511k"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 511k"
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release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 7 U.S.C. § 511k - Penalty for violations

## Text

Any person violating any provision of sections 511d and 511i of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

(Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 623, § 12, 49 Stat. 734.)