Section 12(a) of the Act provides as follows:
No producer, manufacturer, or dealer shall ship or deliver for
shipment in commerce any goods produced in an establishment situated in
the United States in or about which within 30 days prior to the removal
of such goods therefrom any oppressive child labor has been employed:
Provided, That any such shipment or delivery for shipment of such goods
by a purchaser who acquired them in good faith in reliance on written
assurance from the producer, manufacturer, or dealer that the goods were
produced in compliance with the requirements of this section, and who
acquired such goods for value without notice of any such violation,
shall not be deemed prohibited by this subsection: And provided further,
That a prosecution and conviction of a defendant for the shipment or
delivery for shipment of any goods under the conditions herein
prohibited shall be a bar to any further prosecution against the same
defendant for shipments or deliveries for shipment of any such goods
before the beginning of said prosecution.
In determining the applicability of this provision, consideration of the
meaning of the terms used is necessary. These terms are discussed in
Secs. 570.105 to 570.111, inclusive.
