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[CITE: 15USC3]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
      CHAPTER 1--MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE
 
Sec. 3. Trusts in Territories or District of Columbia illegal; 
        combination a felony
        
    Every contract, combination in form of trust or otherwise, or 
conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce in any Territory of the 
United States or of the District of Columbia, or in restraint of trade 
or commerce between any such Territory and another, or between any such 
Territory or Territories and any State or States or the District of 
Columbia, or with foreign nations, or between the District of Columbia 
and any State or States or foreign nations, is declared illegal. Every 
person who shall make any such contract or engage in any such 
combination or conspiracy, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, on 
conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding $10,000,000 
if a corporation, or, if any other person, $350,000, or by imprisonment 
not exceeding three years, or both said punishments, in the discretion 
of the court.

(July 2, 1890, ch. 647, Sec. 3, 26 Stat. 209; July 7, 1955, ch. 281, 69 
Stat. 282; Pub. L. 93-528, Sec. 3, Dec. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 1708; Pub. L. 
101-588, Sec. 4(c), Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2880.)


                               Amendments

    1990--Pub. L. 101-588 substituted ``$10,000,000'' for ``one million 
dollars'' and ``$350,000'' for ``one hundred thousand dollars''.
    1974--Pub. L. 93-528 substituted ``a felony, and, on conviction 
thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one million dollars if 
a corporation, or, if any other person, one hundred thousand dollars, or 
by imprisonment not exceeding three years'' for ``a misdemeanor, and, on 
conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding fifty 
thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year''.
    1955--Act July 7, 1955, substituted ``fifty thousand dollars'' for 
``five thousand''.
