Notes on 15 U.S.C. § 12 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 15 U.S.C. § 12 : US Code - Notes

(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; Pub. L. 107-
273, div. C, title IV, Sec. 14102(c)(2)(A), Nov. 2, 2002, 116
Stat. 1921.)
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.
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, 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the act were repealed by act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, Sec. 21, 62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Criminal Procedure, except that former section 23 of the act is
obsolete and not now covered.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repealed by act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, Sec. 39, 62 Stat. 992, eff.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.
AMENDMENTS
2002 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107-273 substituted "seventy-three to
seventy-six" for "seventy-three to seventy-seven" in first par.
1976 - Pub. L. 94-435 designated existing provisions as subsec.
(a) and added subsec. (b).
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2002 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 107-273 effective Nov. 2, 2002, and
applicable only with respect to cases commenced on or after Nov. 2,
2002, see section 14103 of Pub. L. 107-273, set out as a note under
section 3 of this title.