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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 51:1-88

  • Commodity: means any article of food, drink, trade or commerce, or any service or amusement, goods, wares, merchandise, or fuel measured by any weighing and measuring or counting system, but shall not include any article of food, drink, trade, commerce, goods, wares, merchandise, or fuel which is not sold or intended for sale to an entity distinct from the seller. See New Jersey Statutes 51:1-2
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • weights and measures: means a device, apparatus, or instrument designed or used to weigh, measure, count or time any physical property or determine value, and any auxiliary apparatus and accessories that indicate quantity or value, or records representative thereof. See New Jersey Statutes 51:1-2
No person shall refuse to exhibit any weights, measures, packages, containers, weight certificates, delivery tickets, invoices or any other documents setting forth the quantity or value of any commodity or service to any weights and measures officer for the purpose of being inspected and examined, nor shall any person refuse to admit such officer to his place of business, during his usual hours of business, nor shall any person who may be buying, selling or delivering goods, liquids, commodities, or services from any vehicle in transit refuse to permit such officer to examine any weights, measures, packages, containers, weight certificates, delivery tickets, invoices or any other documents setting forth quantity or value of any commodity or service which may be in or about the vehicle, under a civil penalty of not less than $100.00 for every such offense.

Amended by L. 1969, c. 251, s. 20, eff. Jan. 7, 1970; L. 1986, c. 167, s. 10, eff. Dec. 3, 1986.