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United States Code
TITLE 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 2 - FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; PROMOTION
OF EXPORT TRADE
69a. Violations of Federal Trade Commission Act
(a) Introduction or manufacture for introduction into commerce, sale,
advertising or offering for sale in commerce
The introduction, or manufacture for introduction, into commerce, or the
sale, advertising or offering for sale in commerce, or the transportation
or distribution in commerce, of any fur product which is misbranded or
falsely or deceptively advertised or invoiced, within the meaning of this
subchapter or the rules and regulations prescribed under section 69f(b)
of this title, is unlawful and shall be an unfair method of competition,
and an unfair and deceptive act or practice, in commerce under the Federal
Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.).
(b) Manufacture for sale, sale, advertising, offering for sale, transportation
or distribution
The manufacture for sale, sale, advertising, offering for sale, transportation
or distribution, of any fur product which is made in whole or in part
of fur which has been shipped and received in commerce, and which is misbranded
or falsely or deceptively advertised or invoiced, within the meaning of
this subchapter or the rules and regulations prescribed under section
69f(b) of this title, is unlawful and shall be an unfair method of competition,
and an unfair and deceptive act or practice, in commerce under the Federal
Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.).
(c) Introduction into commerce, sale, advertising or offering for sale
in commerce or transportation or distribution
The introduction into commerce, or the sale, advertising or offering for
sale in commerce, or the transportation or distribution in commerce, of
any fur which is falsely or deceptively advertised or falsely or deceptively
invoiced, within the meaning of this subchapter or the rules and regulations
prescribed under section 69f(b) of this title, is unlawful and shall be
an unfair method of competition, and an unfair and deceptive act or practice,
in commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.).
(d) Removal or mutilation of label
Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, it shall be unlawful
to remove or mutilate, or cause or participate in the removal or mutilation
of, prior to the time any fur product is sold and delivered to the ultimate
consumer, any label required by this subchapter to be affixed to such
fur product, and any person violating this subsection is guilty of an
unfair method of competition, and an unfair or deceptive act or practice,
in commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.).
(e) Substitution of labels; records
Any person introducing, selling, advertising, or offering for sale, in
commerce, or processing for commerce, a fur product, or any person selling,
advertising, offering for sale or processing a fur product which has been
shipped and received in commerce, may substitute for the label affixed
to such product pursuant to section 69b of this title, a label conforming
to the requirements of such section, and such label may show in lieu of
the name or other identification shown pursuant to section 69b(2)(E) of
this title on the label so removed, the name or other identification of
the person making the substitution. Any person substituting a label shall
keep such records as will show the information set forth on the label
that he removed and the name or names of the person or persons from whom
such fur product was received, and shall preserve such records for at
least three years. Neglect or refusal to maintain and preserve such records
is unlawful, and any person who shall fail to maintain and preserve such
records shall forfeit to the United States the sum of $100 for each day
of such failure which shall accrue to the United States and be recoverable
by a civil action. Any person substituting a label who shall fail to keep
and preserve such records, or who shall by such substitution misbrand
a fur product, shall be guilty of an unfair method of competition, and
an unfair or deceptive act or practice, in commerce under the Federal
Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.).
(f) Application of section to common carrier or freight forwarder
Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section shall not apply to any common
carrier, contract carrier or freight forwarder in respect of a fur product
or fur shipped, transported, or delivered for shipment in commerce in
the ordinary course of business.
From A service of the Legal Information Institute.
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