§69g Condemnation and Injunction Proceedings

Summary

Lets the Federal Trade Commission seize fur products found in a U.S. district court’s area if it reasonably believes they are being made, shipped, or held for sale in commerce in violation of the rules, and the owner does not show compliance after the Commission gives notice. The court case is handled like a lawsuit about seized property and can be started by the Commission. If the court condemns the furs, the judge may destroy them, sell them, return them to the owner if the owner pays costs and gives a bond promising not to dispose of them until they are properly marked, advertised, and invoiced, or give them to charity. Money from any sale, after legal costs, goes to the U.S. Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. The Commission may also ask a court to stop someone from violating or about to violate section 69a, 69d, or 69h(b) of this title if stopping them is in the public interest. The stop can last until the Commission files a complaint under the Federal Trade Commission Act [15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.] and that complaint is dismissed or overturned on review, or until a Commission order to cease and desist becomes final under that Act.