Textile Fiber Products Identification Act: Hearings Before a Subcommittee ... Eighty-fifth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 469, a Bill to Protect Producers and Consumers Against Misbranding and False Advertising of the Fiber Content of Textile Fiber Products, and for Other Purposes and H.R. 5605 and H.R. 6524, Bills to Protect Consumers and Others Against Failure to Identify, Misbranding and False Advertising of the Fiber Content of Textile Fiber Products, and for Other Purposes, April 4, 5, 11, 12, and 29, 1957U.S. Government Printing Office, 1957 - 261 pages |
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Page 2 - ... means commerce among the several States or with foreign nations, 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 between the District of Columbia and any State or Territory or foreign nation...
Page 6 - Commission by rules or regulations may prescribe. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to furnish, with respect to any wearing apparel or fabric, a false guaranty (except a person relying upon a guaranty to the same effect received in good faith signed by and containing the name and address of the person residing in the United States...
Page 7 - DEFINITIONS Sec. 2. As used in this Act — (a) The term person means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or any other form of business enterprise.
Page 176 - ... the Commission by any of its attorneys designated by it for such purpose may bring suit in a district court of the United States or in the United States court of any Territory, to enjoin the dissemination or the causing of the dissemination of such advertisement. Upon proper showing a temporary injunction or restraining order shall be granted without bond.
Page 10 - ... in the same manner, by the same means and with the same jurisdiction, powers and duties as though all applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act were incorporated into and made a part of this Act...
Page 8 - Federal Trade Commission Act" means the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to create a Federal Trade Commission, to define its powers and duties, and for other purposes," approved September 26, 1914, as amended, and the Federal Trade Commission Act approved March 21, 1938.
Page 11 - Act or the rules and regulations prescribed under section 8 (b), is unlawful and shall be an unfair method of competition, and an unfair and deceptive act or practice, in commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
Page 148 - wool" means the fiber from the fleece of the sheep or lamb or hair of the Angora or Cashmere goat (and may include the so-called specialty fibers from the hair of the camel, alpaca, llama, and vicuna) which has never been reclaimed from any woven or felted wool product. (c) The term "reprocessed wool...
Page 8 - Act is so highly flammable as to be dangerous when worn by individuals, shall be unlawful and shall be an unfair method of competition and an unfair and deceptive act or practice in commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
Page 6 - ... (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.