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title: "15 U.S.C. § 51"
description: "Effect on other statutory provisions"
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title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
chapter_number: "2"
chapter_name: "FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE AND PREVENTION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION"
section: "51"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 51"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 15 U.S.C. § 51 - Effect on other statutory provisions

## Text

Nothing contained in this subchapter shall be construed to prevent or interfere with the enforcement of the provisions of the antitrust Acts or the Acts to regulate commerce, nor shall anything contained in this subchapter be construed to alter, modify, or repeal the said antitrust Acts or the Acts to regulate commerce or any part or parts thereof.

(Sept. 26, 1914, ch. 311, § 11, 38 Stat. 724.)