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01/03/05 Sec. 12. Definitions; short title
(a) "Antitrust laws," as used herein, includes the Act entitled
"An Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints
and monopolies," approved July second, eighteen hundred and ninety;
sections seventy-three to seventy-six, inclusive, of an 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; an 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; and also this Act.
"Commerce," as used herein, means trade or commerce among the
several States and with foreign nations, or between the District of
Columbia or any Territory of the United States and any State,
Territory, or foreign nation, or between any insular possessions or
other places under the jurisdiction of the United States, or
between any such possession or place and any State or Territory of
the United States or the District of Columbia or any foreign
nation, or within the District of Columbia or any Territory or any
insular possession or other place under the jurisdiction of the
United States: Provided, That nothing in this Act contained shall
apply to the Philippine Islands.
The word "person" or "persons" wherever used in this Act shall be
deemed to include corporations and associations existing under or
authorized by the laws of either the United States, the laws of any
of the Territories, the laws of any State, or the laws of any
foreign country.
(b) This Act may be cited as the "Clayton Act".
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.
Last modified: June 14, 2006
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