445.106b Unlawful trade practices; United States government, use of terms, exception.
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445.106b Unlawful trade practices; United States government, use of terms, exception.
Sec. 6b.
It shall be an unlawful trade practice for any person engaged in selling goods, wares or merchandise to individual consumers to sell or offer for sale any surplus materials as defined in the surplus property act of 1944 or any other goods, wares or merchandise under corporate or trade names which carry or which trade under or which in any way use in dealing with the public, directly or indirectly, any name which by reason of the inclusion of a word or words such as "army,""navy,""United States,""federal,""treasury,""procurement,""GI,""post exchange" or any others which connoting the United States government or its armed forces, or any of its departments or agencies, has a tendency to lead the purchasing public to believe that the establishment has some official relation to the United States government or that all of the articles sold or offered for sale are surplus materials:
Provided, however, That this section shall not apply to any corporation all of the stock of which is owned by the United States.
History: Add. 1945, Act 108, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 445.106b