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urn: urn:us-la:rs:51:426
citation: "R.S. 51:426"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 51 › Chapter 1 › Part VIII › Subpart E"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1952, number: 181, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
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# Exemptions

The provisions of this Subpart shall not apply to sales at retail or sales at wholesale:

(1) Where merchandise is sold in bona fide clearance sales, if advertised, marked, and sold as such;

(2) Where perishable merchandise must be sold promptly in order to forestall loss;

(3) Where merchandise is imperfect or damaged, or is being discontinued and is advertised, marked and sold as such;

(4) Where merchandise is sold upon the final liquidation of any business;

(5) Where merchandise is sold for charitable purposes or to relief agencies;

(6) Where merchandise is sold on contract to departments of the government or governmental institutions;

(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;

(8) Where merchandise is sold by any officer acting under the order or direction of any court;

(9) Where the merchandise is sold by the manufacturer or producer thereof.