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title: "7 U.S.C. § 473c–2"
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title_number: 7
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# 7 U.S.C. § 473c–2 - Penalties for offenses relating to sampling of cotton

## Text

Any person violating any provision of section 473c–1 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.

(Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 337, § 3c–2, as added Pub. L. 86–588, July 5, 1960, 74 Stat. 329.)