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§ 1762.
Marking packages
(a)
All packages containing any goods, wares, or merchandise manufactured, produced, or mined wholly or in part by convicts or prisoners, except convicts or prisoners on parole or probation, or in any penal or reformatory institution, when shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce shall be plainly and clearly marked, so that the name and address of the shipper, the name and address of the consignee, the nature of the contents, and the name and location of the penal or reformatory institution where produced wholly or in part may be readily ascertained on an inspection of the outside of such package.
(b)
Whoever violates this section shall be fined under this title, and any goods, wares, or merchandise transported in violation of this section or section 1761 of this title shall be forfeited to the United States, and may be seized and condemned by like proceedings as those provided by law for the seizure and forfeiture of property imported into the United States contrary to law.
Source(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 786; Pub. L. 102–393, title V, § 535(b),
Oct. 6, 1992
, 106 Stat. 1764; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H),
Minor changes were made in translations and phraseology.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1996—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–294 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $50,000”.
1994—Pub. L. 103–322, which directed the amendment of this section by substituting “under this title” for “not more than $1,000”, could not be executed because the phrase “not more than $1,000” did not appear in text subsequent to amendment of subsec. (b) by Pub. L. 102–393. See 1992 Amendment note below.
1992—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–393 substituted “$50,000” for “$1,000”.