§ 1192. — Prohibited transactions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC1192]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 25--FLAMMABLE FABRICS
Sec. 1192. Prohibited transactions
(a) Nonconforming products
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.].
(b) Nonconforming components
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.].
(June 30, 1953, ch. 164, Sec. 3, 67 Stat. 111; Pub. L. 90-189, Sec. 2,
Dec. 14, 1967, 81 Stat. 568.)
References in Text
The Federal Trade Commission Act, referred to in text, is act Sept.
26, 1914, ch. 311, 38 Stat. 717, as amended, which is classified
generally to subchapter I (Sec. 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.
Amendments
1967--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90-189 substituted ``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'' for ``or for the purpose of sale or delivery after sale in
commerce, of any article of wearing apparel which under the provisions
of section 1193 of this title is so highly flammable as to be dangerous
when worn by individuals''.
Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 90-189 struck out former subsec. (b)
which made 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
for the purpose of sale or delivery after sale in commerce, of any
fabric which under the provisions of section 1193 of this title was so
highly flammable as to be dangerous when worn by individuals unlawful
and an unfair method of competition and an unfair and deceptive act or
practice in commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act,
redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and, in subsec. (b) as so redesignated,
substituted ``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'' for ``article of wearing apparel made of
fabric which under section 1193 of this title is so highly flammable as
to be dangerous when worn by individuals''.
Transfer of Functions
Functions of Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Secretary
of Commerce, and Federal Trade Commission under this chapter transferred
to Consumer Product Safety Commission, along with functions of Federal
Trade Commission under Federal Trade Commission Act, to extent such
functions relate to administration and enforcement of this chapter, see
section 2079 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1194, 1195, 1196, 1197 of
this title.
