---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 195"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "195"
heading: "Punishment for violation of order"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/195"
units:
  - "Chapter 9 — Packers and Stockyards"
  - "Subchapter II — Packers Generally"
  - "Part A — General Provisions"
---

# §195. Punishment for violation of order


Any [packer](/usc/7/198.md?p=2) or [swine contractor](/usc/7/182.md?p=12), or any officer, director, agent, or employee of a [packer](/usc/7/198.md?p=2) or [swine contractor](/usc/7/182.md?p=12), who fails to obey any order of the [Secretary](/usc/7/182.md?p=2) issued under the provisions of [section 193 of this title](/usc/7/193.md), or such order as modified—

- (1) After the expiration of the time allowed for filing a petition in the court of appeals to set aside or modify such order, if no such petition has been filed within such time; or
- (2) After the expiration of the time allowed for applying for a writ of certiorari, if such order, or such order as modified, has been sustained by the court of appeals and no such writ has been applied for within such time; or
- (3) After such order, or such order as modified, has been sustained by the courts as provided in [section 194 of this title](/usc/7/194.md); shall on conviction be fined not less than $500 nor more than $10,000, or imprisoned for not less than six months nor more than five years, or both. Each day during which such failure continues shall be deemed a separate offense.

## Source credit

(Aug. 15, 1921, ch. 64, title II, § 205, 42 Stat. 163; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 32(a), 62 Stat. 991; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 127, 63 Stat. 107; Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10502(b)(1), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 509.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2002—Pub. L. 107–171 substituted “packer or swine contractor” for “packer” in two places in introductory provisions.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Act June 25, 1948, as amended by act May 24, 1949, substituted “court of appeals” for “circuit court of appeals”, wherever appearing in this section.