§ 47. — Reference of suits under antitrust statutes to Commission.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC47]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 2--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE AND
PREVENTION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION
SUBCHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Sec. 47. Reference of suits under antitrust statutes to
Commission
In any suit in equity brought by or under the direction of the
Attorney General as provided in the antitrust Acts, the court may, upon
the conclusion of the testimony therein, if it shall be then of opinion
that the complainant is entitled to relief, refer said suit to the
Commission, as a master in chancery, to ascertain and report an
appropriate form of decree therein. The Commission shall proceed upon
such notice to the parties and under such rules of procedure as the
court may prescribe, and upon the coming in of such report such
exceptions may be filed and such proceedings had in relation thereto as
upon the report of a master in other equity causes, but the court may
adopt or reject such report, in whole or in part, and enter such decree
as the nature of the case may in its judgment require.
(Sept. 26, 1914, ch. 311, Sec. 7, 38 Stat. 722.)
References in Text
The words ``In any suit in equity brought by or under the direction
of the Attorney General as provided in the antitrust Acts'' have
reference to actions under sections 4, 9, and 25 of this title.
The antitrust Acts, referred to in text, are defined in section 44
of this title.
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.
