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[CITE: 15USC68c]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
   CHAPTER 2--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE AND 
               PREVENTION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION
 
                SUBCHAPTER III--LABELING OF WOOL PRODUCTS
 
Sec. 68c. Stamp, tag, label, or other identification


(a) Affixing; retention until sale

    Any person manufacturing for introduction, or first introducing into 
commerce a wool product shall affix thereto the stamp, tag, label, or 
other means of identification required by this subchapter, and the same, 
or substitutes therefor containing identical information with respect to 
content of the wool product or any other products contained therein in 
an amount of 5 per centum or more by weight and other information 
required under section 68b of this title, shall be and remain affixed to 
such wool product, whether it remains in its original state or is 
contained in garments or other articles made in whole or in part 
therefrom, until sold to the consumer: Provided, That the name of the 
manufacturer of the wool product need not appear on the substitute 
stamp, tag, or label if the name of the person who affixes the 
substitute appears thereon.

(b) Removal or mutilation

    Any person who shall cause or participate in the removal or 
mutilation of any stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification 
affixed to a wood \1\ product with intent to violate the provisions of 
this subchapter, is guilty of an unfair method of competition, and an 
unfair and deceptive act or practice, in commerce within the meaning of 
the Federal Trade Commission Act [15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.].
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``wool''.
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(c) Packages of wool products

    For the purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, any 
package of wool products intended for sale to the ultimate consumer 
shall also be considered a wool product and shall have affixed to it a 
stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification bearing the 
information required by section 68b of this title, with respect to the 
wool products contained therein, unless such package of wool products is 
transparent to the extent that it allows for the clear reading of the 
stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification affixed to the wool 
product, or in the case of hosiery items this section shall not be 
construed as requiring the affixing of a stamp, tag, label, or other 
means of identification to each hosiery product contained in a package 
if (1) such hosiery products are intended for sale to the ultimate 
consumer in such package, (2) such package has affixed to it a stamp, 
tag, label, or other means of identification bearing, with respect to 
the hosiery products contained therein, the information required by 
section 68b of this title,\2\ and (3) the information on the stamp, tag, 
label, or other means of identification affixed to such package is 
equally applicable with respect to each hosiery product contained 
therein.
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    \2\ See Codification note.
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(Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 871, Sec. 5, 54 Stat. 1130; Pub. L. 98-417, title 
III, Sec. 306, Sept. 24, 1984, 98 Stat. 1605.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal Trade Commission Act, referred to in text, is act Sept. 
26, 1914, ch. 311, 38 Stat. 717, as amended, which is classified 
generally to subchapter I (Sec. 41 et seq.) of this chapter. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 58 of this 
title and Tables.

                          Codification

    Section 68b of this title, the second time it appears in subsec. 
(c), was in the original ``subsection (4)'' and was translated as 
reading ``section 4'' as the probable intent of Congress.


                               Amendments

    1984--Pub. L. 98-417 designated existing first and second pars. as 
subsecs. (a) and (b), respectively, and added subsec. (c).


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-417 effective 90 days after Sept. 24, 1984, 
see section 307 of Pub. L. 98-417, set out as a note under section 68b 
of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 68b, 68e, 68h of this title.
