§ 13a. — Discrimination in rebates, discounts, or advertising service charges; underselling in particular localities; penalties.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC13a]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 1--MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE
Sec. 13a. Discrimination in rebates, discounts, or advertising
service charges; underselling in particular localities;
penalties
It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in commerce, in the
course of such commerce, to be a party to, or assist in, any transaction
of sale, or contract to sell, which discriminates to his knowledge
against competitors of the purchaser, in that, any discount, rebate,
allowance, or advertising service charge is granted to the purchaser
over and above any discount, rebate, allowance, or advertising service
charge available at the time of such transaction to said competitors in
respect of a sale of goods of like grade, quality, and quantity; to
sell, or contract to sell, goods in any part of the United States at
prices lower than those exacted by said person elsewhere in the United
States for the purpose of destroying competition, or eliminating a
competitor in such part of the United States; or, to sell, or contract
to sell, goods at unreasonably low prices for the purpose of destroying
competition or eliminating a competitor.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall,
upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not
more than one year, or both.
(June 19, 1936, ch. 592, Sec. 3, 49 Stat. 1528.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 10 section 7430; title 28
section 1407; title 30 section 184; title 42 sections 6202, 8235f; title
49 section 10706.
