15 U.S.C. § 1231 — Definitions

Page 1358 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 1231 (b) Application Subsection (a) shall apply to contracts entered into, amended, altered, modified, renewed, or ex- tended after November 2, 2002. (Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title I, § 11028, Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1835.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 30102(6) of title 49, referred to in subsec. (a)(1)(A), probably should be ‘‘section 30102(a)(6) of title 49’’, which was redesignated section 30102(a)(7) of title 49 by section 24109(b)(2) of Pub. L. 114–94, div. B, title XXIV, Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1706. CODIFICATION Section was enacted as part of the 21st Century De- partment of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, and not as part of act Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1038, which com- prises this chapter. CHAPTER 28—DISCLOSURE OF AUTOMOBILE INFORMATION Sec. 1231. Definitions. 1232. Label and entry requirements. 1232a. Repealed. 1233. Violations and penalties. § 1231. Definitions For purposes of this chapter— (a) The term ‘‘manufacturer’’ shall mean any person engaged in the manufacturing or assem- bling of new automobiles, including any person importing new automobiles for resale and any person who acts for and is under the control of such manufacturer, assembler, or importer in connection with the distribution of new auto- mobiles. (b) The term ‘‘person’’ means an individual, partnership, corporation, business trust, or any organized group of persons. (c) The term ‘‘automobile’’ includes any pas- senger car or station wagon. (d) The term ‘‘new automobile’’ means an automobile the equitable or legal title to which has never been transferred by a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer to an ultimate purchaser. (e) The term ‘‘dealer’’ shall mean any person resident or located in the United States or any Territory thereof or in the District of Columbia engaged in the sale or the distribution of new automobiles to the ultimate purchaser. (f) The term ‘‘final assembly point’’ means— (1) in the case of a new automobile manufac- tured or assembled in the United States, or in any Territory of the United States, the plant, factory, or other place at which a new auto- mobile is produced or assembled by a manufac- turer and from which such automobile is deliv- ered to a dealer in such a condition that all component parts necessary to the mechanical operation of such automobile are included with such automobile, whether or not such component parts are permanently installed in or on such automobile; and (2) in the case of a new automobile imported into the United States, the port of importa- tion. (g) The term ‘‘ultimate purchaser’’ means, with respect to any new automobile, the first person, other than a dealer purchasing in his ca- pacity as a dealer, who in good faith purchases such new automobile for purposes other than re- sale. (h) The term ‘‘commerce’’ shall mean com- merce among the several States of the United States or with foreign nations, or in any Terri- tory of the United States or in the District of Columbia, or among the Territories or between any Territory and any State or foreign nation, or between the District of Columbia and any State or Territory or foreign nation. New auto- mobiles delivered to, or for further delivery to, ultimate purchasers within the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Trust Territories of the Pacific, the Canal Zone, Wake Island, Midway Island, King- man Reef, Johnson Island, or within any other place under the jurisdiction of the United States shall be deemed to have been distributed in com- merce. (Pub. L. 85–506, § 2, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 325; Pub. L. 92–359, July 28, 1972, 86 Stat. 502.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in subsec. (h), see section 3602(b) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. AMENDMENTS 1972—Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 92–359 inserted provision that new automobiles delivered to ultimate purchasers within the United States and other enumerated areas shall be deemed to have been distributed in commerce. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Pub. L. 85–506, § 5, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 327, provided that: ‘‘This Act [enacting this chapter] shall take effect on the first day of October 1958 or on the first day of the introduction of any new model of automobile in any line of automobile beginning after the date of en- actment of this Act [July 7, 1958], whichever date shall last occur.’’ SHORT TITLE Pub. L. 85–506, § 1, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 325, provided: ‘‘This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Automobile Information Disclosure Act’.’’ Executive Documents TERMINATION OF TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Is- lands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions. § 1232. Label and entry requirements Every manufacturer of new automobiles dis- tributed in commerce shall, prior to the delivery of any new automobile to any dealer, or at or prior to the introduction date of new models de- livered to a dealer prior to such introduction date, securely affix to the windshield, or side window of such automobile a label on which such manufacturer shall endorse clearly, dis- tinctly and legibly true and correct entries dis- closing the following information concerning such automobile—