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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Chapter 1 — Monopolies and Combinations in Restraint of Trade

§ 13a. Discrimination in rebates, discounts, or advertising service charges; underselling in particular localities; penalties

Statutory text

It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in commerce, in the course of such commerce, to be a party to, or assist in, any transaction of sale, or contract to sell, which discriminates to his knowledge against competitors of the purchaser, in that, any discount, rebate, allowance, or advertising service charge is granted to the purchaser over and above any discount, rebate, allowance, or advertising service charge available at the time of such transaction to said competitors in respect of a sale of goods of like grade, quality, and quantity; to sell, or contract to sell, goods in any part of the United States at prices lower than those exacted by said person elsewhere in the United States for the purpose of destroying competition, or eliminating a competitor in such part of the United States; or, to sell, or contract to sell, goods at unreasonably low prices for the purpose of destroying competition or eliminating a competitor.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 74–592 § 3 · 49 Stat. 665

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 13a

    (June 19, 1936, ch. 592, § 3, 49 Stat. 1528.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (June 19, 1936, ch. 592, § 3, 49 Stat. 1528.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 3. That the administration, protection, and development of the aforesaid national monument shall be exercised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916, entitled “An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes”, as amended.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(June 19, 1936, ch. 592, § 3, 49 Stat. 1528.)

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