§ 1073. Eluding service of writ Whoever, having in his custody, or under his restraint or power, a person for whose relief a writ of habeas corpus has been issued, with intent to elude the service of the writ, or to avoid the effect thereof, transfers the person to the custody of another, or places him under the power or control of another, or conceals or changes the place of confinement or restraint, or removes him without the jurisdiction of the court or judge issuing the writ, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both. Sec. CHAPTER 59-HEALTH AND SAFETY SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS 1101. Failure to perform duties under health laws. 1102. Exposure of diseased person in public place. 1103. Exhibiting deformities of persons. 1104. Spitting in public places. 1105. Keeping or transporting explosives without permit. 1106. Malicious use of explosives endangering life. 1107. Places of public assemblage; use or preparation of injurious, nauseous, or offensive substances. 1108. Same; use of substances which may produce serious illness or permanent injury; tear gas, mustard gas, acid or explosives. 1109. Act by intoxicated physician or surgeon endangering life. 1110. Poisoning food, medicine, or water. 1111. Placing filth or animal carcasses in or near waters or highways; pollution generally. 1112. Causing boiler explosion endangering life. 1113. Causing boiler of steamboat to explode, endangering life. 1114. Causing boiler explosion resulting in death. 1115. Setting on fire grass or shrubbery. 1116. Resistance to fireman extinguishing fire. SUBCHAPTER II-FOOD AND DRUGS Article A-General Provisions 1131. Adulterating or selling adulterated food or drugs. 1132. Wrongful preparation or labeling of drugs or medicines by druggist. 1133. Adulterating or selling adulterated candy. 1134. Selling or offering unwholesome food or drugs. 1151. Definitions. Article B-Marihuana 1152. Illegal acts with respect to marihuana. 1153. Licenses. 1154. Marihuana on vessels or other carriers or discharged for transshipment. 1155. Construction with other laws. Subchapter I-General Provisions § 1101. Failure to perform duties under health laws Whoever, being charged with the performance of a duty under the laws relating to the preservation of the public health, willfully neglects or refuses to perform the same, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 1102. Exposure of diseased person in public place Whoever willfully exposes himself or another afflicted with a quarantinable disease in a public place or thoroughfare, except in his necessary removal in a manner the least dangerous to the public health, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. 81103. Exhibiting deformities of persons Whoever : (1) exhibits the deformities of another person, or his own deformities, for hire; or (2) by artificial means, gives to a person the appearance of a deformity and exhibits him for hire shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 1104. Spitting in public places Whoever spits or discharges mucus from the nose or mouth upon a sidewalk or public street or highway, or upon or within any part of a public building, railroad train, boat, vessel, or other vehicle used for the transportation of the public, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 1105. Keeping or transporting explosives without permit Whoever makes or keeps in the Canal Zone or transports in or across the Canal Zone more than five pounds of gunpowder, nitroglycerine or other highly explosive substance without a permit from the Governor so to do, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 1106. Malicious use of explosives endangering life Whoever maliciously, by the explosion of gunpowder or other explosive substance, destroys, throws down or injures the whole or part of a building, by means of which the life or safety of a human being is endangered, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both. § 1107. Places of public assemblage; use or preparation of injurious, nauseous, or offensive substances (a) Whoever: (1) throws, drops, pours, deposits, releases, discharges, or exposes, or attempts to throw, drop, pour, deposit, release, discharge, or expose, in, upon or about a hotel, guesthouse, lodginghouse, theater, restaurant, place of business, place of amusement, or any place of public assemblage, any liquid, gaseous or solid substance or matter of any kind, which is injurious to person or property or is nauseous, sickening, irritating, or offensive to any of the senses; or (2) manufactures, prepares, or possesses any of the substances or matter referred to by paragraph (1) of this subsection with intent to commit any of the acts described by that paragraphshall, except as provided by section 1108 of this title, be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned in jail not more than one year, or both. (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to law enforcement officials who, while in the performance of their official duties, use tear gas, or follow other standard or generally accepted procedures, in quelling riots or in dispersing or controlling unlawful assemblies or persons assembled for the purpose of committing unlawful acts. § 1108. Same; use of substances which may produce serious illness or permanent injury; tear gas, mustard gas, acid or explosives Whoever, in violating section 1107(a)(1) of this title, willfully employs or uses a— (1) liquid, gaseous or solid substance which may produce serious illness or permanent injury through being vaporized or otherwise disbursed in the air; (2) tear gas, mustard gas or any of the other combinations or compounds thereof; or (3) acid or explosives shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years. § 1109. Act by intoxicated physician or surgeon endangering life Whoever, being a physician or surgeon, and, in a state of intoxication, and as a physician or surgeon, does an act to another person by which the life of the person is endangered, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both. § 1110. Poisoning food, medicine, or water Whoever willfully: (1) mingles poison with any food, drink, or medicine, with intent that it shall be taken or consumed by a human being, to his injury; or (2) poisons a spring, well, or reservoir of water— shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 20 years. § 1111. Placing filth or animal carcasses in or near waters or highways; pollution generally Whoever: (1) puts the carcass of a dead animal, or the offal or filth from a slaughterhouse, pen or butcher shop, into a river, creek, pond, reservoir, stream, alley, public highway or road in common use; (2) puts the carcass of a dead animal or offal or filth of any kind in or upon the borders of a stream, pond, lake or reservoir from which water is drawn for the supply of the inhabitants of a city or village, so that the drainage from the carcass, offal or filth may be taken up by or in the stream, lake or reservoir; or (3) by any other means, fouls or pollutes the waters of a stream, pond, lake or reservoir shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than one year, or both. § 1112. Causing boiler explosion endangering life Whoever, having charge of a steam boiler, steam engine or other apparatus for generating or employing steam used in a factory, railway or other works, willfully, or from ignorance or gross neglect, creates, or allows to be created, such an undue quantity of steam as to burst the boiler, engine or apparatus, or cause any other accident whereby human life is endangered, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both. § 1113. Causing boiler of steamboat to explode, endangering life Whoever, being a captain or other person having charge of a steamboat used for the conveyance of passengers, or of the boilers and engines thereof, from ignorance or gross neglect or for the purpose of excelling another boat in speed, creates or allows to be created, such an undue quantity of steam as to burst the boiler, or any apparatus or machinery connected therewith, whereby human life is endangered, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both. § 1114. Causing boiler explosion resulting in death Whoever, having charge of a steam boiler, steam engine, or other apparatus for generating or employing steam used in a factory, or on a railroad, or in a vessel, or in any kind of mechanical work, willfully or from ignorance or neglect, creates or allows to be created, such an undue quantity of steam as to burst the boiler, engine, or apparatus, or to cause any other accident whereby the death of a human being is produced, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than 10 years. § 1115. Setting on fire grass or shrubbery Whoever willfully or negligently sets on fire, or causes or procures to be set on fire, grass or shrubbery on any lands, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 1116. Resistance to fireman extingishing fire Whoever, at the burning of a building: (1) disobeys the lawful orders of a public officer or fireman; efforts of a fireman or company of firemen to extinguish the fire; (3) engages in disorderly conduct calculated to prevent the fire from being extinguished; or (4) forbids, prevents, or dissuades other persons from assisting to extinguish the fire shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. Subchapter II-Food and Drugs Article A-General Provisions § 1131. Adulterating or selling adulterated food or drugs Whoever: (1) adulterates or dilutes any food, drink, drug, medicine, spirituous or malt liquor, or wine, or any article useful in compounding them, with a fraudulent intent to offer it, or cause or permit it to be offered, for sale as unadulterated or undiluted; or (2) fraudulently sells, or keeps or offers for sale, as unadulterated or undiluted, any article or component thereof referred to by paragraph (1) of this section which has been adulterated or diluted shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 1132. Wrongful preparation or labeling of drugs or medicines by druggist Whoever, being an apothecary, or a druggist, or a person carrying on business as a dealer in drugs or medicines, or an employee thereof, in putting up drugs or medicines, or making up a prescription, or filling an order for drugs or medicines: (1) willfully, negligently, or without consideration of those facts which by use of ordinary care and skill he should have known, omits to label a drug or medicine; (2) puts an untrue label, stamp, or other designation of contents upon a box, bottle, or other package containing drugs or medicines; (3) substitutes a different article for an article prescribed or ordered; (4) puts up a greater or less quality of an article than that prescribed or ordered; or (5) otherwise deviates from the terms of the prescription or order which he undertakes to follow in consequence of which human life or health is endangered, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both; or if death ensues, is guilty of manslaughter, and shall be punished accordingly. § 1133. Adulterating or selling adulterated candy Whoever: (1) adulterates candy by using in its manufacture terra alba or any other deleterious substance; or (2) sells or keeps for sale candy adulterated with terra alba or any other deleterious substance, knowing the candy to be adulterated shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 1134. Selling or offering unwholesome food or drugs Whoever knowingly sells, or keeps or offers for sale, or otherwise disposes of an article of food, drink, drug, or medicine, knowing that it has become tainted, decayed, spoiled or otherwise unwholesome or unfit to be eaten or drunk, with intent to permit it to be eaten or drunk, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 1151. Definitions As used in this article: Article B-Marihuana "marihuana" has the meaning now or hereafter ascribed to it in the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1954, or any successor thereto; and "produce" means to: (1) plant, cultivate, or in any way facilitate the natural growth of marihuana; or (2) harvest and transfer or make use of marihuana. § 1152. Illegal acts with respect to marihuana Whoever, except under license as provided by section 1153 of this title: (1) produces, manufactures, compounds, possesses, sells, gives away, deals in, dispenses, administers, or transports marihuana; or (2) imports marihuana into, or exports it from, the Canal Zone shall, for the first offense, be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both; and, for each subsequent offense, be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned in jail not more than 180 days, or both. Any marihuana involved in a violation of this section may be seized, and the court may order its confiscation and destruction. § 1153. Licenses The Governor may issue any licenses necessary pursuant to section 1152 of this title to permit such uses of marihuana as are related to its administration to patients by physicians, dentists, vetcrinary surgeons, and other practitioners, or to research, instruction, or analysis. § 1154. Marihuana on vessels or other carriers or discharged for transshipment This article does not apply to: (1) marihuana aboard vessels which enter and depart from Canal Zone waters without discharging any of the marihuana; or (2) shipments of marihuana by common carrier in transit through the Canal Zone, even though the marihuana be discharged at a port of the Canal Zone for transshipment. |