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15 U.S.C. § 70c — Removal of stamp, tag, label, or other identification
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**(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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section41&num=0&edition=prelim) 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section70b/b&num=0&edition=prelim), a stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification conforming to the requirements of [section 70b(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section70b/b&num=0&edition=prelim), and such substituted stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification shall show t
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**(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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section41&num=0&edition=prelim) 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section70b/b&num=0&edition=prelim), a stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification conforming to the requirements of [section 70b(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section70b/b&num=0&edition=prelim), 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section70b&num=0&edition=prelim), 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section70b&num=0&edition=prelim) 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.
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This subchapter may be cited as the “Federal Trade Commission Act”.
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**(a) False or deceptive identification** Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, a textile fiber product shall be misbranded if it is falsely or deceptively stamped, tagged, labeled, invoiced, advertised, or otherwise identified as to the name or amount of constituent fibers contained therein.
**(b) Stamp, tag, label or other means of identification; contents** Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, a textile fiber product shall be misbranded if a stamp, tag, label, or other means of identification, or substitute therefor authorized by [section 70c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section70c&num=0&edition=prelim), is not on or affixed to the product showing in words and figures plainly legible, the following:
(1) The constituent fiber or combination of fibers in the textile fiber product, designating with equal prominence each natural or manufactured fiber in the textile fiber product by its generic name in the order of predominance by the weight thereof if the weight of such fiber is 5 per centum or more of the total fiber weight of the product, but nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the use of a nondeceptive trademark in conjunction with a designated generic name: Provided, That exclusive of permissible ornamentation, any fiber or group of fibers present in an amount of 5 per centum or less by weight of the total fiber content shall not be designated by the generic name or the trademark of such fiber or fibers, but shall be designated only as “other fiber” or “other fibers” as the case may be, but nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the disclosure of any fiber present in a textile fiber product which has a clearly established and definite functional si
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A commission is created and established, to be known as the Federal Trade Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Commission), which shall be composed of five Commissioners, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Not more than three of the Commissioners shall be members of the same political party. The first Commissioners appointed shall continue in office for terms of three, four, five, six, and seven years, respectively, from September 26, 1914, the term of each to be designated by the President, but their successors shall be appointed for terms of seven years, except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the Commissioner whom he shall succeed: Provided, however, That upon the expiration of his term of office a Commissioner shall continue to serve until his successor shall have been appointed and shall have qualified..11 So in original. The President shall choose a chairman from the Commission’s membership. No Commissioner shall engage in any other business, vocation, or employment. Any Commissioner may be removed by the President for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. A vacancy in the Commission shall not impair the right of the remaining Commissioners to exercise all the powers of the Commission.
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 41
1 So in original.
Sec.
74.
Rules and regulations.
75.
Retaliation against country prohibiting im-
portations.
76.
Retaliation against restriction of importa-
tions in time of war.
77.
Discrimination against neutral Americans in
time of war.
SUBCHAPTER I—FEDERAL TRADE
COMMISSION
§ 41. Federal Trade Commission established;
membership; vacancies; seal
A commission is created and established, to be
known as the Federal Trade Commission (here-
inafter referred to as the Commission), which
shall be composed of five Commissioners, who
shall be appointed by the President, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate. Not more
than three of the Commissioners shall be mem-
bers of the same political party. The first Com-
missioners appointed shall continue in office for
terms of three, four, five, six, and seven years,
respectively, from September 26, 1914, the term
of each to be designated by the President, but
their successors shall be appointed for terms of
seven years, except that any person chosen to
fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the un-
expired term of the Commissioner whom he
shall succeed: Provided, however, That upon the
expiration of his term of office a Commissioner
shall continue to serve until his successor shall
have been appointed and shall have qualified..1
The President shall choose a chairman from the
Commission’s membership. No Commissioner
shall engage in any other business, vocation, or
employment. Any Commissioner may be re-
moved by the President for inefficiency, neglect
of duty, or malfeasance in office. A vacancy in
the Commission shall not impair the right of the
remaining Commissioners to exercise all the
powers of the Commission.
The Commission shall have a
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 70c
(j) Location of stamp, tag, label, or other identi-
fication
For purposes of this subchapter, any textile
fiber product shall be misbranded if a stamp,
tag, label, or other identification conforming to
the requirements of this section is not on or af-
fixed to the inside center of the neck midway be-
tween the shoulder seams or, if such product
does not contain a neck, in the most con-
spicuous place on the inner side of such product,
unless it is on or affixed on the outer side of
such product, or in the case of hosiery items on
the outer side of such product or package.
(k) Marking of certain sock products
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, socks provided for in subheading 6115.92.90,
6115.93.90,
6115.99.18,
6111.20.60,
6111.30.50,
or
6111.90.50 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States, as in effect on September 1,
2003, shall be marked as legibly, indelibly, and
permanently as the nature of the article or
package will permit in such a manner as to indi-
cate to the ultimate consumer in the United
States the English name of the country of origin
of the article. The marking required by this sub-
section shall be on the front of the package, ad-
jacent to the size designation of the product,
and shall be set forth in such a manner as to be
clearly legible, conspicuous, and readily acces-
sible to the ultimate consumer.
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Any package that contains
several different types of goods and includes
socks classified under subheading 6115.92.90,
6115.93.90,
6115.99.18,
6111.20.60,
6111.30.50,
or
6111.90.50 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States, as in effect on September 1,
2003, shall not be subject to the requirements of
paragraph (1).
(Pub
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