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[CITE: 15USC68e]

 
                      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. 68e. Condemnation and injunction proceedings


(a) Grounds for condemnation; disposition of merchandise

    Any wool products shall be liable to be proceeded against in the 
district court of the United States for the district in which found, and 
to be seized for confiscation by process of libel for condemnation, if 
the Commission has reasonable cause to believe such wool products are 
being manufactured or held for shipment, or shipped, or held for sale or 
exchange after shipment, in commerce in violation of the provisions of 
this subchapter, and if after notice from the Commission the provisions 
of this subchapter with respect to said products are not shown to be 
complied with. Proceedings in such libel cases shall conform as nearly 
as may be to suits in rem in admiralty, and may be brought by the 
Commission.
    If such wool products are condemned by the court, they shall be 
disposed of, in the discretion of the court, by destruction; by sale; by 
delivery to the owner or claimant thereof upon payment of legal costs 
and charges and upon execution of good and sufficient bond to the effect 
that such wool products will not be disposed of until properly stamped, 
tagged, labeled, or otherwise identified under the provisions of this 
subchapter; or by such charitable disposition as the court may deem 
proper. If such wool products are disposed of by sale, the proceeds, 
less legal costs and charges, shall be paid into the Treasury of the 
United States.

(b) Grounds for temporary injunction or restraining order; issuance 
        without bond

    Whenever the Commission has reason to believe that--
        (1) Any person is violating, or is about to violate, sections 
    68a, 68c, 68f, or 68g of this title, and that
        (2) It would be to the public interest to enjoin such violation 
    until complaint is issued by the Commission under the Federal Trade 
    Commission Act [15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.] and such complaint dismissed 
    by the Commission or set aside by the court on review, or until 
    order to cease and desist made thereon by the Commission has become 
    final within the meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act,

the Commission may bring suit in the district court of the United States 
or in the United States court of any Territory, for the district or 
Territory in which such person resides or transacts business, to enjoin 
such violation, and upon proper showing a temporary injunction or 
restraining order shall be granted without bond.

(Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 871, Sec. 7, 54 Stat. 1131.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal Trade Commission Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), 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.

                          Transfer of Functions

    For transfer of functions of Federal Trade Commission, with certain 
exceptions, to Chairman of such Commission, see Reorg. Plan No. 8 of 
1950, Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175, 64 Stat. 1264, set out 
under section 41 of this title.
