15 U.S.C. § 1192 — Prohibited transactions
submitted 73 years ago by ch. 164 to r/title-15-COMMERCE-AND-TRADE · 197 words · no verdicts yet
This section makes it unlawful to make, sell, offer, import, transport, or deliver covered products or materials that do not meet applicable flammability standards or regulations. It treats those acts as unfair competition and unfair or deceptive practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
(a) Nonconforming products. It is unlawful, and is an unfair method of competition and an unfair or deceptive act or practice in commerce* under the Federal Trade Commission Act*, to manufacture for sale, sell, offer for sale, or import into the United States a product*, fabric*, or related material* that fails to meet an applicable standard or regulation issued or amended under section 1193. The same is true of introducing, delivering for introduction, transporting, causing to be transported, selling, or delivering after a sale or shipment in commerce such a nonconforming item.
(b) Nonconforming components. It is unlawful, and is such an unfair method and unfair or deceptive act or practice, to manufacture for sale, sell, or offer for sale a product made of fabric or related material that fails to meet an applicable section 1193 standard or regulation and that has been shipped or received in commerce.
The manufacture for sale, the sale, or the offering for sale, in commerce*, or the importation into the United States, or the introduction, delivery for introduction, transportation or causing to be transported, in commerce, or the sale or delivery after a sale or shipment in commerce, of any product*, fabric*, or related material* which fails to conform to an applicable standard or regulation issued or amended under the provisions of section 1193 of this title, shall be unlawful and shall be an unfair method of competition and an unfair and deceptive act or practice in commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act* [15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.].
The manufacture for sale, the sale, or the offering for sale, of any product made of fabric or related material which fails to conform to an applicable standard or regulation issued or amended under section 1193 of this title, and which has been shipped or received in commerce shall be unlawful and shall be an unfair method of competition and an unfair and deceptive act or practice in commerce under the Federal Trade Commission* Act [15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.].
Source credit: (June 30, 1953, ch. 164, § 3, 67 Stat. 111; Pub. L. 90–189, § 2, Dec. 14, 1967, 81 Stat. 568.)
- 1953Enacted · Act of June 30, 1953, ch. 164 · 67 Stat. 111
- 1967Amended · Pub. L. 90-189 · 81 Stat. 568
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 164 on 1953-06-30.
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