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[CITE: 15USC70i]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
   CHAPTER 2--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE AND 
               PREVENTION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION
 
           SUBCHAPTER V--TEXTILE FIBER PRODUCTS IDENTIFICATION
 
Sec. 70i. Criminal penalty

    (a) Any person who willfully does an act which by section 70a, 70c, 
70d, 70g, or 70h(b) of this title is declared to be unlawful shall be 
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than 
$5,000 or be imprisoned not more than one year, or both, in the 
discretion of the court: Provided, That nothing in this section shall 
limit any other provision of this subchapter.
    (b) Whenever the Commission has reason to believe that any person is 
guilty of a misdemeanor under this section, it may certify all pertinent 
facts to the Attorney General. If, on the basis of the facts certified, 
the Attorney General concurs in such belief, it shall be his duty to 
cause appropriate proceedings to be brought for the enforcement of the 
provisions of this section against such person.

(Pub. L. 85-897, Sec. 11, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1723.)
