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PUBLIC LAW 88-JUNE 30, 1953
Public Law 88
111 CHAPTER 164
AN ACT j^„e 30 1953 To prohibit the introduction or movement in interstate commerce of articles of —[H. R. 5069]— wearing apparel and fabrics which are so highly flammable as to be dangerous when worn by individuals, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SHORT TITLE SECTION
1. This Act may be cited as the "Flammable Fabrics Act", ^^l^^^^^^
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DEFINITIONS
SEC. 2. As used in this Act— (a) The term "person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or any other form of business enterprise. (b) The term "commerce" means commerce among the several States or with foreign nations, or in any Territory of the United States or in the District of Columbia, or between any such Territory and another, or between any such Territory and any State or foreign nation, or between the District of Columbia and any State or Territory or foreign nation. (c) The term "Territory" includes the insular possessions of the United States and also any Territory of the United States. (d) The term "article oi wearing apparel" means any costume or article of clothing worn or intended to be worn by individuals except hats, gloves, and footwear: Provided, however, That such hats do not constitute or form part of a covering for the neck, face, or shoulders when worn by individuals: Provided further, That such gloves are not more than fourteen inches in length and are not affixed to or do not form an integral part of another garment: And provided further, That such footwear does not consist of hosiery in whole or in part and is not affixed to or does not form an integral part of another garment. (e) The term "fabric" means any material (other than fiber, filament, or yarn) woven, knitted, felted, or otherwise produced from or in combination with any natural or synthetic fiber, film, or substitute therefor which is intended or sold for use in wearing apparel except that interlining fabrics when intended or sold for use in wearing apparel shall not be subject to this Act. (f) The term "interlining" means any fabric which is intended for incorporation into an article of wearing apparel as a layer between an outer shell and an inner lining. (g) The term "Commission" means the Federal Trade Commission, (h) The term "Federal Trade Commission Act" means the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to create a Federal Trade Commission, to define its powers and duties, and for other purposes", approved September 26, 1914, as amended.
38 Stat. 717. 15 USC 5o>
PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS
SEC. 3. (a) The manufacture for sale, the sale, or the offering for sale, in commerce, or the importation into the United States, or the introduction, delivery for introduction, transportation or causing to be transported in commerce or for the purpose of sale or delivery after sale in commerce, of any article of wearing apparel which under the provisions of section 4 of this Act is so highly flammable as to be dangerous when worn by individuals, shall be unlawful and shall be
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