Volume 90 · 1501
Public Law 94–450
To increase the protection of consumers by reducing permissible deviations in the manufacture of articles made in whole or in part of gold.
Approved October 1, 1976
Statutory text
An Act
To increase the protection of consumers by reducing permissible deviations in the manufacture of articles made in whole or in part of gold.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That this Act may
Gold Labeling Act of 1976.
Gold articles, standard of fineness, deviation.
be cited as the “Gold Labeling Act of 1976”.
Sec. 2.
Section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1906 (34 Stat. 260; 15 U.S.C. 295), is amended—
by striking out “one-half of one carat” and inserting in lieu thereof “three one-thousandth parts”;
by striking out “; except” and all that follows through “incased or inclosed” immediately before the first proviso;
by striking out “in the case of any article mentioned in this section” in the second proviso;
by striking out “in such article” in the second proviso and inserting in lieu thereof “in an article mentioned in this section”; and
by striking out “than one carat” in the second proviso and inserting in lieu thereof “than three one-thousandth parts, in the case of a watchcase or flatware, or than seven one-thousandth parts, in the case of any other such article,”.
Sec. 3.
The amendments made by section 2 of this Act shall take
effect five years after the date of enactment of this Act and shall not apply with respect to any article of merchandise which is sold by any manufacturer or importer before the effective date of such amendments.
Approved October 1, 1976.