§ 68c. — Stamp, tag, label, or other identification.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC68c]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 2--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE AND
PREVENTION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION
SUBCHAPTER III--LABELING OF WOOL PRODUCTS
Sec. 68c. Stamp, tag, label, or other identification
(a) Affixing; retention until sale
Any person manufacturing for introduction, or first introducing into
commerce a wool product shall affix thereto the stamp, tag, label, or
other means of identification required by this subchapter, and the same,
or substitutes therefor containing identical information with respect to
content of the wool product or any other products contained therein in
an amount of 5 per centum or more by weight and other information
required under section 68b of this title, shall be and remain affixed to
such wool product, whether it remains in its original state or is
contained in garments or other articles made in whole or in part
therefrom, until sold to the consumer: Provided, That the name of the
manufacturer of the wool product need not appear on the substitute
stamp, tag, or label if the name of the person who affixes the
substitute appears thereon.
(b) Removal or mutilation
Any person who shall cause or participate in the removal or
mutilation of any stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification
affixed to a wood \1\ product with intent to violate the provisions of
this subchapter, is guilty of an unfair method of competition, and an
unfair and deceptive act or practice, in commerce within the meaning of
the Federal Trade Commission Act.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``wool''.
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(c) Packages of wool products
For the purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, any
package of wool products intended for sale to the ultimate consumer
shall also be considered a wool product and shall have affixed to it a
stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification bearing the
information required by section 68b of this title, with respect to the
wool products contained therein, unless such package of wool products is
transparent to the extent that it allows for the clear reading of the
stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification affixed to the wool
product, or in the case of hosiery items this section shall not be
construed as requiring the affixing of a stamp, tag, label, or other
means of identification to each hosiery product contained in a package
if (1) such hosiery products are intended for sale to the ultimate
consumer in such package, (2) such package has affixed to it a stamp,
tag, label, or other means of identification bearing, with respect to
the hosiery products contained therein, the information required by
section 68b of this title,\2\ and (3) the information on the stamp, tag,
label, or other means of identification affixed to such package is
equally applicable with respect to each hosiery product contained
therein.
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\2\ See Codification note.
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(Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 871, Sec. 5, 54 Stat. 1130; Pub. L. 98-417, title
III, Sec. 306, Sept. 24, 1984, 98 Stat. 1605.)
Codification
Section 68b of this title, the second time it appears in subsec.
(c), was in the original ``subsection (4)'' and was translated as
reading ``section 4'' as the probable intent of Congress.
Amendments
1984--Pub. L. 98-417 designated existing first and second pars. as
subsecs. (a) and (b), respectively, and added subsec. (c).
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 98-417 effective 90 days after Sept. 24, 1984,
see section 307 of Pub. L. 98-417, set out as a note under section 68b
of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 68b, 68e, 68h of this title.
