[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR304.5]

[Page 242-243]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
                   CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 304_RULES AND REGULATIONS UNDER THE HOBBY PROTECTION ACT--Table 
of Contents
 
Sec. 304.5  Marking requirements for imitation political items.

    (a) An imitation political item which is manufactured in the United 
States, or imported into the United States for introduction into or 
distribution in commerce, shall be plainly and permanently marked with 
the calendar year in which such item was manufactured.

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    (b) The calendar year shall be marked upon the item legibly, 
conspicuously and nondeceptively, and in accordance with the further 
requirements of these regulations.
    (1) The calendar year shall appear in arabic numerals, shall be 
based upon the Gregorian calendar and shall consist of four digits.
    (2) The calendar year shall be marked on either the obverse or the 
reverse surface of the item. It shall not be marked on the edge of the 
item.
    (3) An imitation political item of incusable material shall be 
incused with the calendar year in sans-serif numerals. Each numeral 
shall have a vertical dimension of not less than two millimeters (2.0 
mm) and a minimum depth of three-tenths of one millimeter (0.3 mm) or 
one-half (\1/2\) the thickness of the reproduction, whichever is the 
lesser. The minimum total horizontal dimension for the four numerals 
composing the calendar year shall be six millimeters (6.0 mm).
    (4) An imitation political button, poster, literature, sticker, or 
advertisement composed of nonincusable material shall be imprinted with 
the calendar year in sans-serif numerals. Each numeral shall have a 
vertical dimension of not less than two millimeters (2.0 mm). The 
minimum total horizontal dimension of the four numerals composing the 
calendar year shall be six millimeters (6.0 mm).