47-25-204 - Exemptions.

47-25-204. Exemptions.

The provisions of this part do not apply to sales at retail or sales at wholesale made:

     (1)  In an isolated transaction and not in the usual course of business;

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

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

     (4)  Of imperfect or actually damaged merchandise, or merchandise which is being discontinued, if advertised, marked, and sold as such;

     (5)  Of merchandise sold upon the complete final liquidation of any business;

     (6)  Of merchandise sold for charitable purposes or to unemployment relief agencies;

     (7)  Of merchandise sold on contract to departments of government and governmental institutions;

     (8)  In meeting the legal price of a competitor on merchandise which is the same as to comparable competitive factors, such as weight, quantity, quality, pack, brand, or packaging; or

     (9)  By any officer acting under the order or direction of any court.

[Acts 1937, ch. 69, § 5; C. Supp. 1950, § 6770.11; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 69-304.]