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For termination of amendment by section 13 of Pub. L. 109–455, see Termination Date of 2006 Amendment note below.
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Source
(Sept. 26, 1914, ch. 311, § 16, as added Mar. 21, 1938, ch. 49, § 4, 52 Stat. 114; amended Pub. L. 93–153, title IV, § 408(g), Nov. 16, 1973, 87 Stat. 592; Pub. L. 93–637, title II, § 204(a), Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2199; Pub. L. 109–455, §§ 5,
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(b), Dec. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 3375, 3379.)
Amendment of Section
For termination of amendment by section 13 of Pub. L. 109–455, see Termination Date of 2006 Amendment note below.
Amendments
2006—Subsec. (a)(2)(E). Pub. L. 109–455, §§ 7(b),
13, temporarily added subpar. (E). See Termination Date of 2006 Amendment note below.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–455, §§ 5,
13, temporarily added subsec. (c). See Termination Date of 2006 Amendment note below.
1975—Pub. L. 93–637 substituted provisions authorizing the Commission at its election to appear in court by its own name and designate its attorneys for such purpose, for provisions relating to the certification of facts by the Commission to the Attorney General who brought the appropriate proceedings, or, after compliance with section
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(m) of this title, itself brought the appropriate proceedings.
1973—Pub. L. 93–153 inserted provisions authorizing the Federal Trade Commission to itself cause appropriate proceedings to be brought after compliance with the requirements of section
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(m) of this title.
Termination Date of 2006 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 109–455 to cease to have effect 7 years after Dec. 22, 2006, see section 13 of Pub. L. 109–455, set out as a note under section
44 of this title.
Effective Date of 1975 Amendment
Section 204(c) of Pub. L. 93–637 provided that: “The amendment and repeal made by this section [amending this section and repealing section
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(m) of this title] shall not apply to any civil action commenced before the date of enactment of this Act [Jan. 4, 1975].”
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of Federal Trade Commission, 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.
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