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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Federal Hazardous Substances Act · Sec. 17

Sec. 17. time of taking effect

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## Sec. 17 time of taking effect **[**[15 U.S.C. 1261 note](/us/usc/t15/s1261)**]** This Act shall take effect upon the date of its enactment; but no penalty or condemnation shall be enforced for any violation of this Act which occurs— ### (a)5 prior to the expiration of the sixth calendar month after the month in which this Act is enacted, or 5Designation so in law . Subsections
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(1)and (2). ### (b)5 prior to the expiration of such additional period or periods, ending not more than eighteen months after the month of enactment of this Act, as the Commission may prescribe on the basis of a finding that conditions exist which necessitate the prescribing of such additional period or periods: *Provided, *That the Commission may limit the application of such additional period or periods to violations related to specified provisions of this Act, or to specified kinds of hazardous substances or packages thereof.
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