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Text of 15 USC §12
Cite.
15 USC Sec. 12 01/05/99
Expcite.
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade; Chapter 1 - Monopolies and
Combinations In Restraint of Trade
Head. Sec.
12. Definitions; short title
Statute.
(a)
''Antitrust laws,'' as used herein, includes the Act entitled ''An Act
to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and
monopolies,'' approved July second, eighteen hundred and ninety;
sections seventy-three to seventy-seven, inclusive, of an Act entitled
''An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and
for other purposes,'' of August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and
ninety-four; an Act entitled ''An Act to amend sections seventy-three
and seventy-six of the Act of August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred
and ninety-four, entitled 'An Act to reduce taxation, to provide
revenue for the Government, and for other purposes,' '' approved
February twelfth, nineteen hundred and thirteen; and also this Act.
''Commerce,''
as used herein, means trade or commerce among the several States and
with foreign nations, or between the District of Columbia or any
Territory of the United States and any State, Territory, or foreign
nation, or between any insular possessions or other places under the
jurisdiction of the United States, or between any such possession or
place and any State or Territory of the United States or the District
of Columbia or any foreign nation, or within the District of Columbia
or any Territory or any insular possession or other place under the
jurisdiction of the United States: Provided, That nothing in this Act
contained shall apply to the Philippine Islands.
The
word ''person'' or ''persons'' wherever used in this Act shall be
deemed to include corporations and associations existing under or
authorized by the laws of either the United States, the laws of any of
the Territories, the laws of any State, or the laws of any foreign
country.
(b)
This Act may be cited as the ''Clayton Act''.
Source.
(Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 730; Pub. L. 94-435, title
III, Sec. 305(b), Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1397.)
References
in Text. Words ''herein'' and ''this Act'', referred to in
the three paragraphs of subsec. (a), mean the Clayton Act. For
classification of the Clayton Act to the Code, see last paragraph
hereunder. The Act entitled ''An Act to protect trade and commerce
against unlawful restraints and monopolies,'' approved July second,
eighteen hundred and ninety, referred to in subsec. (a), is act July 2,
1890, ch. 647, 26 Stat. 209, as amended, known as the Sherman Act,
which is classified to sections 1 to 7 of this title. The Act entitled
''An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and
for other purposes,'' of August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and
ninety-four, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Aug. 27, 1894, ch. 349,
28 Stat. 509, as amended, known as the Wilson Tariff Act. Sections
seventy-three to seventy-six thereof are set out as sections 8 to 11 of
this title. Section seventy-seven thereof was not classified to the
Code. The Act entitled ''An Act to amend sections seventy-three and
seventy-six of the Act of August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and
ninety-four, entitled 'An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue
for the Government, and for other purposes','' approved February
twelfth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, referred to in subsec. (a), is
act Feb. 12, 1913, ch. 40, 37 Stat. 667, as amended, which is
classified to sections 8 and 11 of this title. The Clayton Act,
referred to in subsec. (b), is act Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, 38 Stat.
730, as amended, which is classified to sections 12, 13, 14 to 19, 20,
21, and 22 to 27 of this title, and sections 52 and 53 of Title 29,
Labor. Sections 9 and 21 to 25 of the act were repealed by act June 25,
1948, ch. 645, Sec. 21, 62 Stat. 862, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, and their
provisions are now covered by sections 402, 660, 3285 and 3691 of Title
18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, except that former section 23 of the
act is obsolete and not now covered. Sections 17 to 19 of the act were
repealed by act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, Sec. 39, 62 Stat. 992, eff.
Sept. 1, 1948, and their provisions are now covered by rule 65 of the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, set out in the Appendix to Title 28,
Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. For complete classification of this
Act to the Code, see Tables.
Codification.
The 3d par. of subsec. (a) is also classified to section 53 of Title
29, Labor.
Miscellaneous
Amendments.
Cross
References.
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Air
carrier agreements, antitrust exemptions, see section 41308 of Title
49, Transportation.
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Insurance
business, applicability of sections 12 to 27 to, see section 1011 et
seq. of this title.
Clayton
Act Referred to in Other Sections. The Clayton Act (see
References in Text note above) is referred to in sections 35, 44,
57b-1, 1012, 1013, 3301, 3503 of this title; title 7 section 225; title
10 section 7430; title 12 sections 1828, 1849, 3208; title 16 section
2602; title 30 sections 184, 1413; title 33 section 1331; title 40
section 488; title 42 sections 2135, 2297b-11, 5417, 5909, 6202, 8235f,
9102; title 43 section 1770; title 45 section 791; title 46 App.
section 1702; title 49 section 10706; title 50 App. sections 1941a,
2158.
Section
Referred to in Other Sections. This section is referred to in
sections 34, 37a, 1291, 1311, 4002, 4021, 4301, 6211 of this title;
title 12 sections 1831u, 1841; title 16 section 824k; title 17 section
109; title 19 sections 2033, 2561; title 28 section 1407; title 42
sections 7651b, 12007, 13271; title 46 App. section 885; title 47
section 303c; title 49 sections 13703, 13907, 14104, 40102, 41308.
