15 USC § 13c - Exemption of non-profit institutions from price discrimination provisions

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title: "15 USC § 13c - Exemption of non-profit institutions from price discrimination provisions"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "13c"
section_name: "Exemption of non-profit institutions from price discrimination provisions"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE"
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currency: "119-84"
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source_credit: "(May 26, 1938, ch. 283, 52 Stat. 446.)"
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# § 13c. Exemption of non-profit institutions from price discrimination provisions

June 19, 1936

Nothing in the Act approved , known as the Robinson-Patman Antidiscrimination Act, shall apply to purchases of their supplies for their own use by schools, colleges, universities, public libraries, churches, hospitals, and charitable institutions not operated for profit.

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**Source Credit**: (May 26, 1938, ch. 283, 52 Stat. 446.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Act approved , known as the Robinson-Patman Antidiscrimination Act, referred to in text, is , , also known as the Robinson-Patman Price Discrimination Act, which enacted sections 13a, 13b, and 21a of this title and amended . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.