---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 60"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "60"
heading: "Penalties for violations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/60"
units:
  - "Chapter 2 — Cotton Standards"
---

# §60. Penalties for violations

- (a) Any [person](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-1) who shall knowingly violate any provision of sections [52](/usc/7/52.md) or [59](/usc/7/59.md) of this title, or (b) any [person](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-1) licensed under this chapter who, for the purposes of or in connection with any transaction or shipment in commerce, shall knowingly classify cotton improperly, or shall knowingly falsify or forge any certificate of classification, or shall accept money or other consideration, either directly or indirectly, for any neglect or improper performance of duty as such licensee, or (c) any [person](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-1) who shall knowingly influence improperly or attempt to influence improperly any [person](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-1) licensed under this chapter in the performance of his duties as such licensee relating to any transaction or shipment in commerce, or (d) any [person](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-1) who shall forcibly assault, resist, impede, or interfere with or influence improperly or attempt to influence improperly any [person](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-1) employed under this chapter in the performance of his duties, shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not exceeding $1,000, or imprisoned not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the court.

## Source credit

(Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 288, § 9, 42 Stat. 1519.)