[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR304.1]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
                   CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 304_RULES AND REGULATIONS UNDER THE HOBBY PROTECTION ACT--Table 
of Contents
 
Sec. 304.1  Terms defined.




Sec.
304.1 Terms defined.
304.2 General requirement.
304.3 Applicability.
304.4 Application of other law or regulation.
304.5 Marking requirements for imitation political items.
304.6 Marking requirements for imitation numismatic items.

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.

    Source: 40 FR 5496, Feb. 6, 1975, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) Act means the Hobby Protection Act (approved November 29, 1973; 
Pub. L. 93-167, 87 Stat. 686, (15 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.)).
    (b) Commerce has the same meanings as such term has under the 
Federal Trade Commission Act.
    (c) Commission means the Federal Trade Commission.
    (d) Imitation numismatic item means an item which purports to be, 
but in fact is not, an original numismatic item or which is a 
reproduction, copy, or counterfeit of an original numismatic item. Such 
term includes an original numismatic item which has been altered or 
modified in such a manner that it could reasonably purport to be an 
original numismatic item other than the one which was altered or 
modified. The term shall not include any re-issue or re-strike of any 
original numismatic item by the United States or any foreign government.
    (e) Imitation political item means an item which purports to be, but 
in fact is not, an original political item, or which is a reproduction, 
copy or counterfeit of an original item.
    (f) Original numismatic item means anything which has been a part of 
a coinage or issue which has been used in exchange or has been used to 
commemorate a person, object, place, or event. Such term includes coins, 
tokens, paper money, and commemorative medals.
    (g) Original political item means any political button, poster, 
literature, sticker, or any advertisement produced for use in any 
political cause.
    (h) Person means any individual, group, association, partnership, or 
any other business entity.
    (i) Regulations means any or all regulations prescribed by the 
Federal Trade Commission pursuant to the Act.
    (j) United States means the States, the District of Columbia, and 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    (k) Diameter of a reproduction means the length of the longest 
possible straight line connecting two points on the perimeter of the 
reproduction.

[40 FR 5496, Feb. 6, 1975, as amended at 53 FR 38942, Oct. 4, 1988]