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65 STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW 110—AUG. 8, 1951

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or Territory in which such person resides or transacts business, to enjoin such violation, and upon proper showing a temporary injunction or restraining order shall be granted without bond. GUARANIT

SKC. 10. (a) No person shall be guilty under sect ion H if he establishes a guaranty received in good faith signed by and containing the name and address of the person residing in the United States by whom the fur product or fur guaranteed was manufactured or from whom it was received, that said fur product is not misbranded or that said fur product or fur is not falsely advertised or invoiced under the provisions of this Act. Such guaranty shall be either (1) a separate guaranty specifically designating the fur product or fur guaranteed, in which case it may be on the invoice or other paper relating to such fur product or fur; or (2) a continuing guaranty filed with the Comnussion applicable to any fur product or fur handled by a guarantor, in such form as the Commission by rules and regulations may prescribe. (b) I t shall be uidawful for any person to furnish, with respect to any fur ])]-oduct or fui', 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 by whom the fur product or fur guaranteed was manufactured or from whom it was received) with reason to believe the fur product or fur falsely guaranteed may be introduced, sold, trans]>orted, or distributed in commerce, and any person who violates the ]irovisions of this subsection is guilty of an unfair method of competition, and an unfair or deceptive act or practice, in commerce within the meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act. CRIMINAL

I'EXALTY

SEC. 11. (a) Any person who Avillfully violates section o, 6, or 10 (b) of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than $5,000, or be imprisoned not more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court. (b) Whenever the Connnission 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. APPLICATION OF E X I S T I N G L.\WS

SEC. 12. The provisions of this Act shall be held to be in addition to, and not in substitution for or limitation of, the provisions of any other Act of Congress. SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS

SEC. 13. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of such provision to any other person or circumstance shall not be aifected thereby. FJTECTIVE DATE

SKC. 14. This Act, except section 7, shall take effect one year after the date of its enac^:ment. Approved August 8, 1951.

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