Any person who, by himself or by his servant or agent, or as the servant oragent of another person, performs any one of the acts enumerated insubdivisions 1 through 9 of this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor:
1. Use or have in possession for the purpose of using for any commercialpurpose, sell, offer, or expose for sale or hire, or have in possession forthe purpose of selling or hiring, an incorrect weight or measure of anydevice or instrument used to or calculated to falsify any weight or measure.
2. Use or have in possession for the purpose of current use for anycommercial purpose specified in § 3.2-5609 a weight or measure that does notbear a seal or mark such as is specified in § 3.2-5613, unless such weight ormeasure has been: (i) placed into service by a certified service technicianpursuant to § 3.2-5711; (ii) exempted from testing by the provisions of §3.2-5609; or (iii) exempted by a regulation of the Board issued under theauthority of § 3.2-5607 or 3.2-5620.
3. Dispose of any rejected or condemned weight or measure in a mannercontrary to law or regulation.
4. Remove from any weight or measure, contrary to law or regulation, any tag,seal, or mark placed thereon by the appropriate authority.
5. Sell, or offer or expose for sale, less than the quantity he represents ofany commodity, thing, or service.
6. Take more than the quantity he represents of any commodity, thing, orservice when, as buyer, he furnishes the weight or measure by means of whichthe amount of the commodity, thing, or service is determined.
7. Keep for the purpose of sale, advertise, or offer or expose for sale, orsell, any commodity, thing, or service in a condition or manner contrary tolaw or regulation.
8. Use in retail trade a weight or measure that is not so positioned that itsindications may be accurately read and the weighing or measuring operationobserved from some position that may reasonably be assumed by a customer,except in the preparation of packages put up in advance of sale and ofmedical prescriptions.
9. Violate any provisions of this chapter or of the regulations promulgatedunder the provisions of this chapter for which a specific penalty has notbeen prescribed.
(Code 1950, §§ 3-708.47, 59-138, 59-139; 1962, c. 298; 1966, c. 702, §3.1-965; 1993, c. 604; 2008, cc. 255, 860.)
Any person who, by himself or by his servant or agent, or as the servant oragent of another person, performs any one of the acts enumerated insubdivisions 1 through 9 of this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor:
1. Use or have in possession for the purpose of using for any commercialpurpose, sell, offer, or expose for sale or hire, or have in possession forthe purpose of selling or hiring, an incorrect weight or measure of anydevice or instrument used to or calculated to falsify any weight or measure.
2. Use or have in possession for the purpose of current use for anycommercial purpose specified in § 3.2-5609 a weight or measure that does notbear a seal or mark such as is specified in § 3.2-5613, unless such weight ormeasure has been: (i) placed into service by a certified service technicianpursuant to § 3.2-5711; (ii) exempted from testing by the provisions of §3.2-5609; or (iii) exempted by a regulation of the Board issued under theauthority of § 3.2-5607 or 3.2-5620.
3. Dispose of any rejected or condemned weight or measure in a mannercontrary to law or regulation.
4. Remove from any weight or measure, contrary to law or regulation, any tag,seal, or mark placed thereon by the appropriate authority.
5. Sell, or offer or expose for sale, less than the quantity he represents ofany commodity, thing, or service.
6. Take more than the quantity he represents of any commodity, thing, orservice when, as buyer, he furnishes the weight or measure by means of whichthe amount of the commodity, thing, or service is determined.
7. Keep for the purpose of sale, advertise, or offer or expose for sale, orsell, any commodity, thing, or service in a condition or manner contrary tolaw or regulation.
8. Use in retail trade a weight or measure that is not so positioned that itsindications may be accurately read and the weighing or measuring operationobserved from some position that may reasonably be assumed by a customer,except in the preparation of packages put up in advance of sale and ofmedical prescriptions.
9. Violate any provisions of this chapter or of the regulations promulgatedunder the provisions of this chapter for which a specific penalty has notbeen prescribed.
(Code 1950, §§ 3-708.47, 59-138, 59-139; 1962, c. 298; 1966, c. 702, §3.1-965; 1993, c. 604; 2008, cc. 255, 860.)
Any person who, by himself or by his servant or agent, or as the servant oragent of another person, performs any one of the acts enumerated insubdivisions 1 through 9 of this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor:
1. Use or have in possession for the purpose of using for any commercialpurpose, sell, offer, or expose for sale or hire, or have in possession forthe purpose of selling or hiring, an incorrect weight or measure of anydevice or instrument used to or calculated to falsify any weight or measure.
2. Use or have in possession for the purpose of current use for anycommercial purpose specified in § 3.2-5609 a weight or measure that does notbear a seal or mark such as is specified in § 3.2-5613, unless such weight ormeasure has been: (i) placed into service by a certified service technicianpursuant to § 3.2-5711; (ii) exempted from testing by the provisions of §3.2-5609; or (iii) exempted by a regulation of the Board issued under theauthority of § 3.2-5607 or 3.2-5620.
3. Dispose of any rejected or condemned weight or measure in a mannercontrary to law or regulation.
4. Remove from any weight or measure, contrary to law or regulation, any tag,seal, or mark placed thereon by the appropriate authority.
5. Sell, or offer or expose for sale, less than the quantity he represents ofany commodity, thing, or service.
6. Take more than the quantity he represents of any commodity, thing, orservice when, as buyer, he furnishes the weight or measure by means of whichthe amount of the commodity, thing, or service is determined.
7. Keep for the purpose of sale, advertise, or offer or expose for sale, orsell, any commodity, thing, or service in a condition or manner contrary tolaw or regulation.
8. Use in retail trade a weight or measure that is not so positioned that itsindications may be accurately read and the weighing or measuring operationobserved from some position that may reasonably be assumed by a customer,except in the preparation of packages put up in advance of sale and ofmedical prescriptions.
9. Violate any provisions of this chapter or of the regulations promulgatedunder the provisions of this chapter for which a specific penalty has notbeen prescribed.
(Code 1950, §§ 3-708.47, 59-138, 59-139; 1962, c. 298; 1966, c. 702, §3.1-965; 1993, c. 604; 2008, cc. 255, 860.)
