15 U.S.C. § 70 — Definitions

Page 111 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 70a (b) Whenever the Commission has reason to believe any person is guilty of a misdemeanor under this section, it shall certify all pertinent facts to the Attorney General, whose duty it shall be to cause appropriate proceedings to be brought for the enforcement of the provisions of this section against such person. (Aug. 8, 1951, ch. 298, § 11, 65 Stat. 181.) Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of functions of Federal Trade Commis- sion, with certain exceptions, to Chairman of such Commission, see Reorg. Plan No. 8 of 1950, § 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175, 64 Stat. 1264, set out under section 41 of this title. § 69j. Application of other laws The provisions of this subchapter shall be held to be in addition to, and not in substitution for or limitation of, the provisions of any other Act of Congress. (Aug. 8, 1951, ch. 298, § 12, 65 Stat. 181.) SUBCHAPTER V—TEXTILE FIBER PRODUCTS IDENTIFICATION § 70. Definitions As used in this subchapter— (a) The term ‘‘person’’ means an individual, partnership, corporation, association or any other form of business enterprise. (b) The term ‘‘fiber’’ or ‘‘textile fiber’’ means a unit of matter which is capable of being spun into a yarn or made into a fabric by bonding or by interlacing in a variety of methods including weaving, knitting, braiding, felting, twisting, or webbing, and which is the basic structural ele- ment of textile products. (c) The term ‘‘natural fiber’’ means any fiber that exists as such in the natural state. (d) The term ‘‘manufactured fiber’’ means any fiber derived by a process of manufacture from any substance which, at any point in the manu- facturing process, is not a fiber. (e) The term ‘‘yarn’’ means a strand of textile fiber in a form suitable for weaving, knitting, braiding, felting, webbing, or otherwise fabri- cating into a fabric. (f) The term ‘‘fabric’’ means any material woven, knitted, felted, or otherwise produced from, or in combination with, any natural or manufactured fiber, yarn, or substitute therefor. (g) The term ‘‘household textile articles’’ means articles of wearing apparel, costumes and accessories, draperies, floor coverings, fur- nishings, beddings, and other textile goods of a type customarily used in a household regardless of where used in fact. (h) The term ‘‘textile fiber product’’ means— (1) any fiber, whether in the finished or un- finished state, used or intended for use in household textile articles; (2) any yarn or fabric, whether in the fin- ished or unfinished state, used or intended for use in household textile articles; and (3) any household textile article made in whole or in part of yarn or fabric; except that such term does not include a prod- uct required to be labeled under the Wool Prod- ucts Labeling Act of 1939 [15 U.S.C. 68 et seq.]. (i) The term ‘‘affixed’’ means attached to the textile fiber product in any manner. (j) The term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Federal Trade Commission. (k) The term ‘‘commerce’’ means commerce among the several States or with foreign na- tions, or in any Territory of the United States or in the District of Columbia, or between any such Territory and another, or between any such Territory and any State or foreign nation or be- tween the District of Columbia and any State or Territory or foreign nation. (l) The term ‘‘Territory’’ includes the insular possessions of the United States, and also any Territory of the United States. (m) The term ‘‘ultimate consumer’’ means a person who obtains a textile fiber product by purchase or exchange with no intent to sell or exchange such textile fiber product in any form. (Pub. L. 85–897, § 2, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1717.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939, referred to in subsec. (h)(3), is act Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 871, 54 Stat. 1128, which is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 68 et seq.) of this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 68 of this title and Tables. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Pub. L. 85–897, § 15, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1724, provided that: ‘‘This Act [this subchapter] shall take effect eighteen months after enactment [Sept. 2, 1958], except for the promulgation of rules and regulations by the Commission, which shall be promulgated within nine months after the enactment of this Act. The Commis- sion shall provide for the exception of any textile fiber product acquired prior to the effective date of this Act.’’ SHORT TITLE Pub. L. 85–897, § 1, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1717, provided: ‘‘That this Act [this subchapter] may be cited as the ‘Textile Fiber Products Identification Act’.’’ SEPARABILITY Pub. L. 85–897, § 13, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1723, provided that: ‘‘If any provision of this Act [this subchapter], or the application thereof to any person, as that term is herein defined, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of the remaining provisions to any person shall not be affected thereby.’’ § 70a. Violations of Federal Trade Commission Act (a) Introduction or manufacture for introduction into commerce, sale, advertising or offering for sale in commerce The introduction, delivery for introduction, manufacture for introduction, sale, advertising, or offering for sale, in commerce, or the trans- portation or causing to be transported in com- merce, or the importation into the United States, of any textile fiber product which is mis- branded or falsely or deceptively advertised within the meaning of this subchapter or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, is unlawful, and shall be an unfair method of competition and an unfair and deceptive act or