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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Chapter 1 — Monopolies and Combinations in Restraint of Trade

§ 13c. Exemption of non-profit institutions from price discrimination provisions

Statutory text

Nothing in the Act approved , known as the Robinson-Patman Antidiscrimination Act, shall apply to purchases of their supplies for their own use by schools, colleges, universities, public libraries, churches, hospitals, and charitable institutions not operated for profit.

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. 75–283 · 52 Stat. 446

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 13c

    (May 26, 1938, ch. 283, 52 Stat. 446.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (May 26, 1938, ch. 283, 52 Stat. 446.)

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Act approved , known as the Robinson-Patman Antidiscrimination Act, referred to in text, is act June 19, 1936, ch. 592, 49 Stat. 1526, also known as the Robinson-Patman Price Discrimination Act, which enacted sections 13a, 13b, and 21a of this title and amended section 13 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 13 of this title and Tables.

Credits

(May 26, 1938, ch. 283, 52 Stat. 446.)

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