§ 70c. — Removal of 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: 15USC70c]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 2--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE AND
PREVENTION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION
SUBCHAPTER V--TEXTILE FIBER PRODUCTS IDENTIFICATION
Sec. 70c. Removal of stamp, tag, label, or other identification
(a) Removal or mutilation after shipment in commerce
After shipment of a textile fiber product in commerce it shall be
unlawful, except as provided in this subchapter, to remove or mutilate,
or cause or participate in the removal or mutilation of, prior to the
time any textile fiber product is sold and delivered to the ultimate
consumer, any stamp, tag, label, or other identification required by
this subchapter to be affixed to such textile fiber product, and any
person violating this section shall be guilty of an unfair method of
competition, and an unfair or deceptive act or practice, under the
Federal Trade Commission Act [15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.].
(b) Substitution of stamp, tag, etc.
Any person--
(1) introducing, selling, advertising, or offering for sale, in
commerce, or importing into the United States, a textile fiber
product subject to the provisions of this subchapter, or
(2) selling, advertising, or offering for sale a textile fiber
product whether in its original state or contained in other textile
fiber products, which has been shipped, advertised, or offered for
sale, in commerce,
may substitute for the stamp, tag, label, or other means of
identification required to be affixed to such textile product pursuant
to section 70b(b) of this title, a stamp, tag, label, or other means of
identification conforming to the requirements of section 70b(b) of this
title, and such substituted stamp, tag, label, or other means of
identification shall show the name or other identification issued and
registered by the Commission of the person making the substitution.
(c) Affixing of stamp, tag, etc. to individual unit of broken package
If any person other than the ultimate consumer breaks a package
which bears a stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification
conforming to the requirements of section 70b of this title, and if such
package contains one or more units of a textile fiber product to which a
stamp, tag, label, or other identification conforming to the
requirements of section 70b of this title is not affixed, such person
shall affix a stamp, tag, label, or other identification bearing the
information on the stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification
attached to such broken package to each unit of textile fiber product
taken from such broken package.
(Pub. L. 85-897, Sec. 5, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1720.)
References in Text
The Federal Trade Commission Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is act
Sept. 26, 1914, ch. 311, 38 Stat. 717, as amended, which is classified
generally to subchapter I (Sec. 41 et seq.) of this chapter. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 58 of this
title and Tables.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 70b, 70d, 70f, 70i of this
title.
