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[CITE: 15USC69a]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
   CHAPTER 2--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE AND 
               PREVENTION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION
 
                 SUBCHAPTER IV--LABELING OF FUR PRODUCTS
 
Sec. 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.

(Aug. 8, 1951, ch. 298, Sec. 3, 65 Stat. 176.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal Trade Commission Act, referred to in section catchline 
and subsecs. (a) to (e), 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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 69f, 69g, 69h, 69i of this 
title.
