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U.S. Code/Title 7/§ 52

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7 U.S.C. § 52.Chapter 2

§ 52

Use of nonofficial standards prohibited; sales by sample excepted

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It shall be unlawful (a) in or in connection with any transaction or shipment in commerce made after , or (b) in any publication of a price or quotation determined in or in connection with any transaction or shipment in commerce after , or (c) in any classification for the purposes of or in connection with a transaction or shipment in commerce after , for any person to indicate for any cotton a grade or other class which is of or within the official cotton standards of the United States then in effect under this chapter by a name, description, or designation, or any system of names, description, or designation not used in said standards: , That nothing herein shall prevent a transaction otherwise lawful by actual sample or on the basis of a private type which is used in good faith and not in evasion of or substitution for said standards.August 1, 19231923-08-01August 1, 19231923-08-01August 1, 19231923-08-01Provided

§ 51b

Release: pl-119-103 (2026-09-02)

§ 53

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