18406. It is unlawful for any manufacturer to pay or give or to contract to pay or give any subsidy to any lender or to discriminate in favor of or against any lender if the effect of any such subsidy or discrimination may be to lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly in the person or class of persons who accepts the subsidy or who are benefited by the discrimination.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 44.)