
15
U.S.C. 12-27
15 U.S.C.
§13a:
Discrimination in rebates, discounts, or advertising service charges;
underselling in particular localities; penalties
It shall be unlawful
for any person engaged in commerce, in the course of such commerce, to
be a party to, or assist in, any transaction of sale, or contract to
sell, which discriminates to his knowledge against competitors of the
purchaser, in that, any discount, rebate, allowance, or advertising
service charge is granted to the purchaser over and above any discount,
rebate, allowance, or advertising service charge available at the time
of such transaction to said competitors in respect of a sale of goods
of like grade, quality, and quantity; to sell, or contract to sell,
goods in any part of the United States at prices lower than those
exacted by said person elsewhere in the United States for the purpose
of destroying competition, or eliminating a competitor in such part of
the United States; or, to sell, or contract to sell, goods at
unreasonably low prices for the purpose of destroying competition or
eliminating a competitor.
Any person violating
any of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof,
be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or
both.
15 U.S.C.
§13b:
Cooperative association; return of net earnings or surplus
Nothing in sections 13
to 13b and 21a of this title shall prevent a cooperative association
from returning to its members, producers, or consumers the whole, or
any part of, the net earnings or surplus resulting from its trading
operations, in proportion to their purchases or sales from, to, or
through the association.
15 U.S.C.
§13c:
Exemption of non-profit institutions from price discrimination
provisions
Nothing in sections 13
to 13b and 21a of this title, shall apply to purchases of their
supplies for their own use by schools, colleges, universities, public
libraries, churches, hospitals, and charitable institutions not
operated for profit.
15 U.S.C.
§14: Sale,
etc., on agreement not to use goods of competitor
It shall be unlawful
for any person engaged in commerce, in the course of such commerce, to
lease or make a sale or contract for sale of goods, wares, merchandise,
machinery, supplies, or other commodities, whether patented or
unpatented, for use, consumption, or resale within the United States or
any Territory thereof or the District of Columbia or any insular
possession or other place under the jurisdiction of the United States,
or fix a price charged therefor, or discount from, or rebate upon, such
price, on the condition, agreement, or understanding that the lessee or
purchaser thereof shall not use or deal in the goods, wares,
merchandise, machinery, supplies, or other commodities of a competitor
or competitors of the lessor or seller, where the effect of such lease,
sale, or contract for sale or such condition, agreement, or
understanding may be to substantially lessen competition or tend to
create a monopoly in any line of commerce.
Click
here to view the full "raw"/non-hyperlinked text of 15 U.S.C.
§§1-27, complete with legislative history, amendment, and
cross-reference information.