2006 New York Code - False Labels.


 
    § 194. False  labels.  1.  No  individual,  partnership,  corporation,
  association or firm shall  put  upon  any  commodity  sold,  offered  or
  exposed for sale or upon any container, package, ticket or label used in
  relation to such commodity, or with which such an article is intended to
  be  sold, any false description or false indication of or respecting the
  number, quantity, weight or  measure  of  such  commodity  or  any  part
  thereof;  or  sell  or  offer  or expose for sale any commodity which is
  falsely described or indicated in any of the manners or in  any  of  the
  particulars  as  specified  in  this  article  or  rules and regulations
  promulgated hereunder. The term "container" shall  include  any  carton,
  box,  crate,  barrel,  hamper,  keg, drum, jar, jug, crock, bottle, bag,
  basket, pail, can, wrapper, parcel or package.
    2. Any  individual,  partnership,  corporation,  association  or  firm
  violating  this  section  with  intent  to  defraud shall be guilty of a
  misdemeanor.
    3. Any  individual,  partnership,  corporation,  association  or  firm
  violating this section without intent to defraud shall be subject to the
  civil  penalties  as  provided in sections thirty-nine and forty of this
  chapter.


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