47 U.S.C. § 313 : US Code - Section 313: Application of antitrust laws to manufacture, sale, and trade in radio apparatus
Search 47 U.S.C. § 313 : US Code - Section 313: Application of antitrust laws to manufacture, sale, and trade in radio apparatus
(a) Revocation of licenses
All laws of the United States relating to unlawful restraints and
monopolies and to combinations, contracts, or agreements in
restraint of trade are declared to be applicable to the manufacture
and sale of and to trade in radio apparatus and devices entering
into or affecting interstate or foreign commerce and to interstate
or foreign radio communications. Whenever in any suit, action, or
proceeding, civil or criminal, brought under the provisions of any
of said laws or in any proceedings brought to enforce or to review
findings and orders of the Federal Trade Commission or other
governmental agency in respect of any matters as to which said
Commission or other governmental agency is by law authorized to
act, any licensee shall be found guilty of the violation of the
provisions of such laws or any of them, the court, in addition to
the penalties imposed by said laws, may adjudge, order, and/or
decree that the license of such licensee shall, as of the date the
decree or judgment becomes finally effective or as of such other
date as the said decree shall fix, be revoked and that all rights
under such license shall thereupon cease: Provided, however, That
such licensee shall have the same right of appeal or review as is
provided by law in respect of other decrees and judgments of said
court.
(b) Refusal of licenses and permits
The Commission is hereby directed to refuse a station license
and/or the permit hereinafter required for the construction of a
station to any person (or to any person directly or indirectly
controlled by such person) whose license has been revoked by a
court under this section.
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