Rule 45 - Exclusions from the Act.

(a) Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, the Commission hereby excludes from the operation of the Act:

(1) All textile fiber products except:

(i) articles of wearing apparel;

(ii) handkerchiefs;

(iii) scarves;

(iv) beddings;

(v) curtains and casements;

(vi) draperies;

(vii) tablecloths, napkins, and doilies;

(viii) floor coverings;

(ix) towels;

(x) wash cloths and dish cloths;

(xi) ironing board covers and pads;

(xii) umbrellas and parasols;

(xiii) batts;

(xiv) products subject to Section 4(h) of the Act;

(xv) flags with heading or more than 216 square inches in size;

(xvi) cushions;

(xvii) all fibers, yarns and fabrics (including narrow fabrics except packaging ribbons);

(xviii) furniture slip covers and other covers or coverlets for furniture;

(xix) afghans and throws;(

(xx) sleeping bags;

(xxi) antimacassars and tidies;

(xxii) hammocks;

(xxiii) dresser and other furniture scarves.

(2) Belts, suspenders, arm bands, permanently knotted neckties, garters, sanitaiy belts, diaper liners, labels (either required or non-required) individually and in rolls, looper clips intended for handicraft purposes, book cloth, artists' canvases, tapestry doth, and shoe laces.

(3) All textile fiber products manufactured by the operators of company stoies and offered:for sale and sold exclusively to their own employees as u1timate consumers.

(4) Coated 'fabrics and those portions of textile fiber products made of 'coated fabrics.

(5) Secondhand household textile articles which are discernibly secondhand or Which are marked to indicate their secondhand character.

(6) -Non-woven products of a disposable feature intended for one-time use 'only.

(7) All curtains, casemerits, draperies, and table place mats, or any portions thereof citherwise subject to the Act, made principally of slats, rods, or 'strips, composed of wood, 'metal,;:plastic, or 'leather.

(8) All 'textile fiber products-in a form ready for the ultimate consumer procured by the military services of:the 'United States which are bought according to specifications, but shall not include those textile fiber:prod-ucts sold and distributed through post exchanges, sales commissaries, or ship stores, provided, heoever, that if the military services sell textile fiber products for noh goveriimenta1 purposes the infoiination with respect to the fiber content of such products shall be furnished to the purchaser thereof who shall label such'. products in conformity with the Act:and Regulations before such products are distributed -for civilian use.

(9) All handwoven rugs made by Navajo Indians which have attached thereto the Certificate of Genuineness supplied by the Indian Arts and Crafts Board of theUiuted States Department of Interior. The term Navajo Indian means any Indian who is listed on the register of the Navajo Indian Tribe or is:eligible for listing thereon.

(b) The exclusions provided for in subsection (a) of this Rule shall not be applicable (1) if any representations as to the fiber content of such-prod-ucts are made on any label or in any advertisement without making a full and complete fiber content disclosure on such label or in such advertisement in accordance with the Act and Regulations with the exception of those products excluded by paragraph (6) of subsection (a), or (2) if any false, deceptive, or misleading representations are made as to the fiber content of such products.

(c) The exclusions from the Act provided in subsection (a) hereof are in addition to the exemptions from the Act provided in Section 12(a) of the rect and shall not affect or limit such exemptions. [16 CFR 303.45, as amended, effective May 14, 1960, January 3, 1964, and July 26, 1969.) Promulgated and made effective by the Federal Trade Commission on March 3, 1960.