2013 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 2 - FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE AND PREVENTION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION (§§ 41 - 77)
Subchapter I - FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION (§§ 41 - 58)
Section 52 - Dissemination of false advertisements
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 2 - FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE AND PREVENTION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION SUBCHAPTER I - FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Sec. 52 - Dissemination of false advertisements |
| Contains | section 52 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Sept. 26, 1914, ch. 311, §12, as added Mar. 21, 1938, ch. 49, §4, 52 Stat. 114; amended Pub. L. 93-637, title II, §201(c), Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2193; Pub. L. 103-297, §8, Aug. 16, 1994, 108 Stat. 1550. |
| Statutes at Large References | 52 Stat. 114 88 Stat. 2193 108 Stat. 1550 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 93-637, Public Law 103-297 |
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It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, or corporation to disseminate, or cause to be disseminated, any false advertisement—
(1) By United States mails, or in or having an effect upon commerce, by any means, for the purpose of inducing, or which is likely to induce, directly or indirectly the purchase of food, drugs, devices, services, or cosmetics; or
(2) By any means, for the purpose of inducing, or which is likely to induce, directly or indirectly, the purchase in or having an effect upon commerce, of food, drugs, devices, services, or cosmetics.
(b) Unfair or deceptive act or practiceThe dissemination or the causing to be disseminated of any false advertisement within the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be an unfair or deceptive act or practice in or affecting commerce within the meaning of section 45 of this title.
(Sept. 26, 1914, ch. 311, §12, as added Mar. 21, 1938, ch. 49, §4, 52 Stat. 114; amended Pub. L. 93–637, title II, §201(c), Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2193; Pub. L. 103–297, §8, Aug. 16, 1994, 108 Stat. 1550.)
AMENDMENTS1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–297 inserted "services," after "devices," in pars. (1) and (2).
1975—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–637 substituted "in or having an effect upon commerce," for "in commerce".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93–637 substituted "in or affecting commerce" for "in commerce".
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