§ 1211. — Prohibition against transportation of refrigerators without safety devices.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC1211]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 26--HOUSEHOLD REFRIGERATORS
Sec. 1211. Prohibition against transportation of refrigerators
without safety devices
It shall be unlawful for any person to introduce or deliver for
introduction into interstate commerce any household refrigerator
manufactured on or after the date this section takes effect unless it is
equipped with a device, enabling the door thereof to be opened from the
inside, which conforms with standards prescribed pursuant to section
1213 of this title.
(Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 890, Sec. 1, 70 Stat. 953.)
References in Text
For date this section takes effect, referred to in text, see
Effective Date note below.
Effective Date
Section 5 of act Aug. 2, 1956, provided that: ``This Act [this
chapter] shall take effect on the date of its enactment [Aug. 2, 1956],
except that the first section of this Act [this section] shall take
effect one year and 90 days after the date of publication of commercial
standards first established under section 3 of this Act [section 1213 of
this title]. In the event of a change in said commercial standards first
established, a like period shall be allowed for compliance with said
change in commercial standards.''
Transfer of Functions
Functions of Secretary of Commerce and Federal Trade Commission
under this chapter transferred to Consumer Product Safety Commission,
see section 2079 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1212 of this title.
