§445-23  Hours for auctions.  No auction
sale of goods, wares, and merchandise shall be conducted between the hours of
9:00 o'clock in the evening and 8:00 o'clock in the morning, and no such
auction of any nature or description shall be conducted during the months of
November and December of any year; provided that this section shall not apply
to:



(1)  Sales of household furniture, vehicles,
automobiles, machinery, livestock, and like bulky articles;



(2)  Any sale made under the direction of any court;



(3)  Sales of any personal property belonging to the
State or any county;



(4)  A bona fide sale of a stock of merchandise, where
the creditors of the owner thereof are engaged in the legitimate closing out of
the stock;



(5)  Sales by hawkers on the street or peddlers from
vehicles;



(6)  Sales by persons selling fruits, fish, seafood
products, vegetables, butter, eggs, or other farm or ranch produce; or



(7)  Auctions held in public auction rooms that have
been established for six months or more. [L 1925, c 195, pt of §1; am L 1933, c
145, §1; RL 1935, §2419; RL 1945, §7020; RL 1955, §155-20; am L 1965, c 183,
§1; HRS §445-23; am L 1993, c 272, §2]