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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Chapter 4 — China Trade

§ 159. Unauthorized use of legend; penalty

Statutory text

No individual, partnership, or association, or corporation not incorporated under this chapter or under a law of the United States, shall engage in business within China under a name in connection with which the legend “Federal Inc. U.S.A.” is used. Any person violating this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $1,000 for each violation.

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. China Trade Act, 1922

    Pub. L. 67–346 § 19 · 42 Stat. 849

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 159

    (Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 346, § 19, 42 Stat. 855.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 346, § 19, 42 Stat. 855.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 19. No individual, partnership, or association, or corporation Penalty for unauthorized use of Federal Inc. U. S. A. not incorporated under this Act or under a law of the United States, shall engage in business within China under a name in connection with which the legend “Federal Inc. U. S. A.” is used. Any person violating this section shall upon conviction thereof be fined not more than $1,000 for each violation.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 346, § 19, 42 Stat. 855.)

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