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PUBLIC LAW 85-000—MMMM. DD, 1958
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PUBLIC LAW 85-897-SEPT. 2, 1958

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(b) that it would be to the public interest to enjoin the doing of such act until complaint is issued by the Commission under ^^® Federal Trade Commission Act and such complaint is dismissed by the Commission or set aside by the court on review or until an order to cease and desist made thereon by the Commission has become final within the meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Commission may bring suit in the district court of the United States or in the United States court of any Territory, for the district or Territory in which such person resides or transacts business, to enjoin the doing of such act and upon proper showing a temporary injunction or restraining order shall be granted without bond. EXCLUSION o r MISBRANDED T E X T I L E FIBER PRODUCTS

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SEC. 9. All textile fiber products imported into the United States shall be stamped, tagged, labeled, or otherwise identified in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of this Act, and all invoices of such products required pursuant to section 484 of the Tariff Act of 1930, shall set forth, in addition to the matter therein specified, the information with respect to said products required under the provisions of section 4(b) of this Act, which information shall be in the invoices prior to their certification, if such certification is required pursuant to section 484 of the Tariff Act of 1930. The falsification of, or failure to set forth the required information in such invoices, or the falsification or perjury of the consignee's declaration provided for in section 485 of the Tariff Act of 1930, insofar as it relates to such information, 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; and any person who falsifies, or perjures the consignee's declaration insofar as it relates to such information, may thenceforth be prohibited by the Commission from importing, or participating in the importation of, any textile fiber product into the United States except upon filing bond with the Secretary of the Treasury in. a sum double the value of said products and any duty thereon, conditioned upon compliance with the provisions of this Act. A verified statement from the manufacturer or producer of such products showing their fiber content as required under the provisions of this Act may be required under regulation prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. GUARANTY

SEC. 10. (a) No person shall be guilty of an unlawful act under section 3 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 textile fiber product guaranteed was manufactured or from whom it was received, that said product is not misbranded or falsely invoiced under the provisions of this Act. Said guaranty shall be (1) a separate guaranty specifically designating the textile fiber product guaranteed, in which case it may be on the invoice or other paper relating to said product; or (2) a continuing guaranty given by seller to the buyer applicable to all textile fiber products sold to or to be sold to buyer by seller in a form as the Commission, by rules and regulations, may prescribe; or (3) a continuing guaranty filed with the Commission applicable to all textile fiber products handled by a guarantor in such form as the Commission by rules and regulations may prescribe. (b) The furnishing of a false guaranty, except where the person furnishing such false guaranty relies on a guaranty to the same effect