Failure to affix required label
section 1232 of this titleAny manufacturer of automobiles distributed in commerce who willfully fails to affix to any new automobile manufactured or imported by him the label required by shall be fined not more than $1,000. Such failure with respect to each automobile shall constitute a separate offense.
Failure to endorse required label
section 1232 of this titleAny manufacturer of automobiles distributed in commerce who willfully fails to endorse clearly, distinctly and legibly any label as required by , or who makes a false endorsement of any such label, shall be fined not more than $1,000. Such failure or false endorsement with respect to each automobile shall constitute a separate offense.
Removal, alteration, or illegibility of required label
section 1232 of this titleAny person who willfully removes, alters, or renders illegible any label affixed to a new automobile pursuant to , or any endorsement thereon, prior to the time that such automobile is delivered to the actual custody and possession of the ultimate purchaser of such new automobile, except where the manufacturer relabels the automobile in the event the same is rerouted, repurchased, or reacquired by the manufacturer of such automobile, shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Such removal, alteration, or rendering illegible with respect to each automobile shall constitute a separate offense.
Pub. L. 85–506, § 472 Stat. 326(, , .)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
section 5 of Pub. L. 85–506section 1231 of this titleSection effective on the later of , or the first day of the introduction of any new model of automobile in any line of automobile beginning after , see , set out as a note under .