4:11-36.Ā  Purchase by weight required
All live poultry shall be bought by avoirdupois net weight and it shall be unlawful for any person to buy or receive or cause to be bought or received forĀ  the purpose of resale or manufacture, as dealer, broker, agent or otherwise,Ā  any poultry unless the same is weighed on suitable scales which have beenĀ  tested and sealed by an authorized weights and measures officer; and theĀ  purchase of live poultry by the lot, the pen or by the flock is prohibitedĀ  under the terms of this act; provided, howeverĀ  , that where specialĀ  circumstances exist and are shown, the State superintendent or a county orĀ  municipal superintendent may, upon request, give approval to a sale of liveĀ  poultry by the lot, pen or flock and such sale shall not come within theĀ  provisions of this act.

L.1942, c. 248, p. 670, s. 2.
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