§ 68c. Stamp, tag, label, or other identification

Footnotes

1. 1 So in original. Probably should be “wool”.
2. 2 See Codification note.

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. 1940

   Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939

   Pub. L. 76–871 § 5 · 54 Stat. 1128

   Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 68c

   Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 871, § 5, 54 Stat. 1130

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 871, § 5, 54 Stat. 1130

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 5. affixing of stamp, tag, label, or other identification Any person manufacturing for introduction, or first introducing into commerce a wool product shall affix thereto the stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification required by this Act, and the same, or substitutes therefor containing identical information with respect to content of the wool product or any other products contained therein in an amount of 5 per centum or more by weight and other information required under section 4, shall be and remain affixed to such wool product, whether it remains in its original state or is contained in garments or other articles made in whole or in Proviso. Name of manufacturer on substitute label; exception. part therefrom, until sold to the consumer: Provided, That the name of the manufacturer of the wool product need not appear on the substitute stamp, tag, or label if the name of the person who affixes the substitute appears thereon. Unfair method of competition. Any person who shall cause or participate in the removal or mutilation of any stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification affixed to a wood product with intent to violate the provisions of this Act, is guilty of an unfair method of competition, and an unfair and deceptive act or practice, in commerce within the meaning of 38 Stat. 719. 15 U. S. C. § 45; Supp. V, § 45. the Federal Trade Commission Act.

2. 1984

   Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984

   Pub. L. 98–417 title III § 306 · 98 Stat. 1585

   1. Amended · 15 U.S.C. § 68c

      Pub. L. 98–417 designated existing first and second pars. as subsecs. (a) and (b), respectively

   2. Added · 15 U.S.C. § 68c

      Pub. L. 98–417 added subsec. (c)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 98–417 designated existing first and second pars. as subsecs. (a) and (b), respectively, and added subsec. (c).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 306. Section 5 of the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. 68c) is amended— (1) by striking out “Any person” in the first paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof “(a) Any person”, (2) by striking out “Any person” in the second paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof “(b) Any person”, and (3) by inserting after subsection (b) (as designated by this section) the following new subsection: “(c) For the purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, any package of wool products intended for sale to the ultimate consumer shall also be considered a wool product and shall have affixed to it a stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification bearing the information required by section 4, with respect to the wool products contained therein, unless such package of wool products is transparent to the extent that it allows for the clear reading of the stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification affixed to the wool product, or in the case of hosiery items this section shall not be construed as requiring the affixing of a stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification to each hosiery product contained in a package if (1) such hosiery products are intended for sale to the ultimate consumer in such package, (2) such package has affixed to it a stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification bearing, with respect to the hosiery products contained therein, the information required by subsection (4), and (3) the information on the stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification affixed to such package is equally applicable with respect to each hosiery product contained therein.”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 98–417 effective 90 days after Sept. 24, 1984, see section 307 of Pub. L. 98–417, set out as a note under section 68b of this title.

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