Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 48 — Hobby Protection
§ 2103. Enforcement by Federal Trade Commission
Statutory text
Statutory authority
Except as provided in section 2102 of this title, this chapter shall be enforced by the Federal Trade Commission under the Federal Trade Commission Act [15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.].
Incorporation of Federal Trade Commission Act provisions
The Commission shall prevent any person from violating the provisions of this chapter in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act [15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.] were incorporated into and made a part of this chapter; and any such person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the penalties and entitled to the privileges and immunities provided in said Federal Trade Commission Act, in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though the applicable terms and provisions of the said Federal Trade Commission Act were incorporated into and made a part of this chapter.
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.
Hobby Protection Act
Pub. L. 93–167 § 4 · 87 Stat. 686
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 2103
(Pub. L. 93–167, § 4, Nov. 29, 1973, 87 Stat. 686.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 93–167, § 4, Nov. 29, 1973, 87 Stat. 686.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 4. enforcement by federal trade commission (a) Except as provided in section 3, this Act shall be enforced by the Federal Trade Commission under the Federal Trade Commission Act. (b) The Commission shall prevent any person from violating the provisions of this Act in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act were incorporated into and made a part of this Act; and any such person violating the provisions of this Act shall be subject to the penalties and entitled to the privileges and immunities provided in said Federal Trade Commission Act, in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though the applicable terms and provisions of the said Federal Trade Commission Act were incorporated into and made a part of this Act.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Federal Trade Commission Act, referred to in text, is act Sept. 26, 1914, ch. 311, 38 Stat. 717, which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 41 et seq.) of chapter 2 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 58 of this title and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section applicable only to imitation political items and imitation numismatic items manufactured after , see section 8 of Pub. L. 93–167, set out as a note under section 2101 of this title.