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28.32—Misrepresentation; deceptive or fraudulent acts or practices; violations.

Any of the following acts or practices may result in debarment from any or all benefits of the Act:
(a) Any knowing misrepresentation or deceptive or fraudulent act or practice made or committed, or attempted to be committed, by any person in connection with (1) any request for classification, (2) the drawing, handling, identifying, or submitting of any samples for classification, (3) the making, issuing, or using of any memorandum or certificate of classification issued by a Classing Office or the Quality Control or (4) the changing of any warehouse bale tags or numbers after the cotton has been sampled for classification.
(b) Any knowing violation of the regulations in this subpart or of the Act.

Code of Federal Regulations

[28 FR 10634, Oct. 3, 1963, as amended at 52 FR 30882, Aug. 18, 1987]