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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Chapter 2 — Federal Trade Commission; Promotion of Export Trade and Prevention of Unfair Methods of Competition

§ 71. “Person” defined

Statutory text

When used in this subchapter the term “person” includes partnerships, corporations, and associations.

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. 64–463 · 39 Stat. 756

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 71

    (Sept. 8, 1916, ch. 463, title VIII, § 800, 39 Stat. 798.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Sept. 8, 1916, ch. 463, title VIII, § 800, 39 Stat. 798.)

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Credits

(Sept. 8, 1916, ch. 463, title VIII, § 800, 39 Stat. 798.)

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