Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 1159 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 1159 : US Code - Notes

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 759; Pub. L. 101-644, title I,
Sec. 104(a), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4663.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on section 305e of title 25, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Indians
(Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 748, Sec. 6, 49 Stat. 893).
The reference to the offense as a misdemeanor was omitted as
unnecessary in view of the definition of misdemeanor in section 1
of this title.
The last paragraph of section 305e of title 25, U.S.C., 1940 ed.,
relating to duty of district attorney to prosecute violations of
such section, will be incorporated in title 28, U.S. Code.
Maximum fine of $2,000 was changed to $500 to bring the offense
within the category of petty offenses defined by section 1 of this
title. (See reviser's note under section 1157 of this title.)
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
AMENDMENTS
1990 - Pub. L. 101-644 substituted "Misrepresentation of Indian
produced goods and products" for "Misrepresentation in sale of
products" in section catchline and amended text generally. Prior to
amendment, text read as follows: "Whoever willfully offers or
displays for sale any goods, with or without any Government trade
mark, as Indian products or Indian products of a particular Indian
tribe or group, resident within the United States or the Territory
of Alaska, when such person knows such goods are not Indian
products or are not Indian products of the particular Indian tribe
or group, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more
than six months, or both."
CERTIFICATION OF INDIAN ARTISANS
For purposes of this section, an Indian tribe may not impose fee
to certify individual as Indian artisan, with "Indian tribe" having
same meaning as in subsec. (c)(3) of this section, see section 107
of Pub. L. 101-644, set out as a note under section 305e of Title
25, Indians.
ADMISSION OF ALASKA AS STATE
Admission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished Jan. 3, 1959,
on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat.
c16, as required by sections 1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85-508, July 7,
1958, 72 Stat. 339, set out as notes preceding section 21 of Title
48, Territories and Insular Possessions.