§ 1642.
No credit card shall be issued except in response to a request or application therefor. This prohibition does not apply to the issuance of a credit card in renewal of, or in substitution for, an accepted credit card.
([Pub. L. 90–321, title I, § 132], as added [Pub. L. 91–508, title V, § 502(a)], Oct. 26, 1970, [84 Stat. 1126].)