---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 2312"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "2312"
heading: "Effective dates"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/2312"
units:
  - "Chapter 50 — Consumer Product Warranties"
---

# §2312. Effective dates

- (a) **Effective date of chapter—** Except as provided in [subsection (b)](#b) of this section, this chapter shall take effect 6 months after January 4, 1975, but shall not apply to [consumer products](/usc/15/2301.md?p=1) manufactured prior to such date.
- (b) **Effective date of section 2302(a)—** [Section 2302(a) of this title](/usc/15/2302.md?p=a) shall take effect 6 months after the final publication of rules respecting such section; except that the [Commission](/usc/15/2301.md?p=2), for good cause shown, may postpone the applicability of such sections until one year after such final publication in order to permit any designated classes of [suppliers](/usc/15/2301.md?p=4) to bring their [written warranties](/usc/15/2301.md?p=6) into compliance with rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter.
- (c) **Promulgation of rules—** The [Commission](/usc/15/2301.md?p=2) shall promulgate rules for initial implementation of this chapter as soon as possible after January 4, 1975, but in no event later than one year after such date.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–637, title I, § 112, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2192.)