The Clayton ACT Acquisition by one corporation of stock of another

Abstract

No person engaged in commerce or in any activity affecting commerce shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the whole or any part of the  stock or other, share capital and no person subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission shall acquire the whole or any part of the assets of another person engaged also in commerce or in any activity affecting commerce, where in any line of commerce or in any activity affecting commerce in any section of the country, the effect of such acquisition may be substantially to lessen competition, or to tend to create a monopoly.