New Jersey Statutes 51:1-80. Penalties; requesting false weighing; false certificate or other violation by weighmaster
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 51:1-80
- 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
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- 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
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Any person, who shall request a weighmaster to weigh any product, commodity, or article falsely or incorrectly, or who shall request a false or incorrect certificate of weight and measure, or any person who shall issue a certificate of weight and measure who is not a weighmaster as defined in section 51:1-73 of this Title shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine of not less than $500.00 nor more than $1,000.00.
Any weighmaster who shall issue a false certificate of weight or measurement, or who shall delegate his authority to any person not certified as a weighmaster, or who shall preseal a certificate of weight or measure with his official seal before performing the work of weighing or measuring or who shall conduct his office as weighmaster in any manner at variance with this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine of not less than $500.00 nor more than $1,000.00 and, in addition, shall forfeit his weighmaster’s certificate. The certificate shall then be turned over to the State superintendent.
Amended by L.1969, c. 251, s. 15, eff. Jan. 7, 1970.