(a)  The manufacture for sale, the sale, or the offering for sale, in commerce, or the introduction, delivery for introduction, transportation or causing to be transported, in commerce, or the sale or delivery after a sale or shipment, of any product, fabric, or related material which fails to conform to an applicable standard or regulation issued or amended under the provisions of § 23-24.2-4, shall be unlawful and shall be an unfair method of competition and unfair and deceptive act or practice in commerce under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act, chapter 13.1 of Title 6.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 23-24.2-3

  • Commerce: means the advertising, offering for sale, sale, or distribution of any services and any property, tangible or intangible, real, personal or mixed, and any other article, commodity, or thing of value wherever situate, and shall include any trade or commerce directly or indirectly affecting the people of the state. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-24.2-2
  • Deceptive Trade Practices Act: means Rhode Island General Laws 23-24.2-2
  • Fabric: means any material (except fiber, filament, or yarn from other than retail sale) woven, knitted, felted, or produced from or in combination with any natural or synthetic fiber, film, or substitute for it which is intended for use or which may reasonably be expected to be used in any product as defined in subdivision (8). See Rhode Island General Laws 23-24.2-2
  • Product: means any article of wearing apparel or interior furnishing. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-24.2-2
  • Related material: means paper, plastic, rubber, synthetic film, or synthetic foam which is intended for use or which may reasonably be expected to be used in any product as defined in subdivision (8). See Rhode Island General Laws 23-24.2-2

(b)  The manufacture for sale, the sale, or the offering for sale of any product made of fabric or related material which fails to conform to an applicable standard or regulation issued or amended under § 23-24.2-4 and which has been shipped or received in commerce shall be unlawful and shall be an unfair method of competition and an unfair and deceptive act or practice in commerce under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act, chapter 13.1 of Title 6.

History of Section.
P.L. 1977, ch. 90, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-38.3-3; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.