§ 21a. — Actions and proceedings pending prior to June 19, 1936; additional and continuing violations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC21a]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 1--MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE
Sec. 21a. Actions and proceedings pending prior to June 19,
1936; additional and continuing violations
Nothing herein contained shall affect rights of action arising, or
litigation pending, or orders of the Federal Trade Commission issued and
in effect or pending on review, based on section 13 of this title, prior
to June 19, 1936: Provided, That where, prior to June 19, 1936, the
Federal Trade Commission has issued an order requiring any person to
cease and desist from a violation of section 13 of this title, and such
order is pending on review or is in effect, either as issued or as
affirmed or modified by a court of competent jurisdiction, and the
Commission shall have reason to believe that such person has committed,
used or carried on, since June 19, 1936, or is committing, using or
carrying on, any act, practice or method in violation of any of the
provisions of said section 13 of this title, it may reopen such original
proceedings and may issue and serve upon such person its complaint,
supplementary to the original complaint, stating its charges in that
respect. Thereupon the same proceedings shall be had upon such
supplementary complaint as provided in section 21 of this title. If upon
such hearing the Commission shall be of the opinion that any act,
practice, or method charged in said supplementary complaint has been
committed, used, or carried on since June 19, 1936, or is being
committed, used or carried on, in violation of said section 13 of this
title, it shall make a report in writing in which it shall state its
findings as to the facts and shall issue and serve upon such person its
order modifying or amending its original order to include any additional
violations of law so found. Thereafter the provisions of section 21 of
this title, as to review and enforcement of orders of the Commission
shall in all things apply to such modified or amended order. If upon
review as provided in said section 21 of this title the court shall set
aside such modified or amended order, the original order shall not be
affected thereby, but it shall be and remain in force and effect as
fully and to the same extent as if such supplementary proceedings had
not been taken.
(June 19, 1936, ch. 592, Sec. 2, 49 Stat. 1527.)
References in Text
Nothing herein contained, referred to in text, probably means
nothing contained in act June 19, 1936, ch. 592, 49 Stat. 1526,
popularly known as the Robinson-Patman Antidiscrimination Act and also
as the Robinson-Patman Price Discrimination Act, which enacted sections
13a, 13b, and 21a of this title and amended section 13 of this title.
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title
note set out under section 13 of this title and Tables.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of Federal Trade Commission, with certain
exceptions, to Chairman of such Commission, see Reorg. Plan No. 8 of
1950, Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175, 64 Stat. 1264, set out
under section 41 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 10 section 7430; title 42
sections 6202, 8235f; title 49 section 10706.
