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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:51:426",
  "title_number": "51",
  "section_number": "426",
  "citation": "R.S. 51:426",
  "heading": "Exemptions",
  "text": "The provisions of this Subpart shall not apply to sales at retail or sales at wholesale:\n\n(1) Where merchandise is sold in bona fide clearance sales, if advertised, marked, and sold as such;\n\n(2) Where perishable merchandise must be sold promptly in order to forestall loss;\n\n(3) Where merchandise is imperfect or damaged, or is being discontinued and is advertised, marked and sold as such;\n\n(4) Where merchandise is sold upon the final liquidation of any business;\n\n(5) Where merchandise is sold for charitable purposes or to relief agencies;\n\n(6) Where merchandise is sold on contract to departments of the government or governmental institutions;\n\n(7) Where merchandise is sold in good faith to meet that competition which permits a competitor to sell at a lesser price where such competitor is able to do so without violating the terms and conditions of this Subpart;\n\n(8) Where merchandise is sold by any officer acting under the order or direction of any court;\n\n(9) Where the merchandise is sold by the manufacturer or producer thereof.",
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      "level": "title",
      "number": "51",
      "name": "TRADE AND COMMERCE"
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      "number": "1",
      "name": "IN GENERAL"
    },
    {
      "level": "part",
      "number": "VIII",
      "name": "UNFAIR TRADE"
    },
    {
      "level": "subpart",
      "number": "E",
      "name": "UNFAIR SALES LAW"
    }
  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Title 51 › Chapter 1 › Part VIII › Subpart E",
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      "act_year": 1952,
      "act_number": 181,
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    }
  ],
  "acts_citations_raw": "Amended by Acts 1952, No. 181, §1.",
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