This part does 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.
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