Title 51, Title 51: STANDARDS, WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND CONTAINERS

51:4-3. Inflammable fluids to be sold by true names; marking of containers Benzole, gasoline, naphtha and benzine shall be sold, or offered or exposed for sale, under their true names respectively, plainly shown upon the container thereof, or upon a label securely fastened theret…

51:4-30. Sale or purchase in compliance with superintendent's standards, rules or regulations No person shall sell, expose for sale, offer for sale in this State, buy for the purpose of resale or manufacture for the purpose of resale in this State any lumber, wood product or buil…

51:4-31. Rules, regulations or orders The superintendent is authorized to establish and promulgate such rules, regulations or orders as he may deem necessary to implement the enforcement or administration of this act. L.1968, c. 222, s. 9, approved July 30, 1968.

51:4-32 Administration and enforcement by superintendent; power and authority of weights and measures officials. 10. The superintendent shall have general supervision of the administration and enforcement of this act. All weights and measures officials shall have full power and a…

51:4-33 Stop-use, stop-removal, removal, condemnation, or confiscating orders; liability of consumers. 11. In the event that the superintendent or any of his agents or employees or any weights and measures officials issue any stop-use, stop-removal, removal, condemnation, or conf…

51:4-34. Revocation, suspension, restriction or refusal to issue or renew license; hearing The superintendent may, after proper notice and hearing, revoke, suspend, restrict or otherwise limit, or refuse to issue or renew any license issued or granted pursuant to the provisions o…

51:4-35. Employment of specialists and experts The superintendent may from time to time employ on a temporary basis such specialists and experts as he may deem necessary in carrying out the purposes of this act. Such employment shall not be subject to the provisions of Title 11 o…

51:4-36. Legal proceedings or processes The superintendent is empowered to institute, or cause to be instituted such legal proceedings or processes as may be necessary to enforce and give effect to any of his powers and duties as prescribed in this act. L.1968, c. 222, s. 14, app…

51:4-37. Authority to issue subpoenas; court action 15. The superintendent shall have the power to issue subpoenas to compel production of any pertinent records, books or documents or the attendance of witnesses in any matter pertaining to his duties and shall have the power to a…

51:4-38 Violations; penalties; collection and enforcement; process. 16. Any person who knowingly violates any of the provisions of this act for which specific penalty or punishment is not otherwise provided, shall pay a penalty of not less than $50.00 nor more than $100.00 for th…

51:4-4. Flash or fire test for certain fluids; misdemeanor It shall not be lawful for any person to keep or offer for sale or use in any place or building within this state, petroleum oil, or any product thereof, or to knowingly keep or offer for sale any mixture of naphtha or in…

51:4-5. Sale of kerosene, etc., for illumination; marking containers Petroleum or kerosene, which will flash at a temperature less than one hundred degrees Fahrenheit, flash test, shall have plainly marked upon the container, in which it is sold or offered or exposed for sale, or…

51:4-6. State department of health to determine character of illuminating oils The state department of health shall determine and declare the means of ascertaining whether petroleum or kerosene to be sold for illuminating purposes is of the character required by this article. It …

51:4-7. Test of illuminating oils; notice prohibiting sale The state department of health, or any analyst or inspector authorized by such department, or any member of a county or municipal board of health may, at any time during business hours, visit any place, where any product …

51:4-8. Sales within state; presumption The provisions of sections 51:4-3 to 51:4-7 of this title shall apply only to petroleum or its products sold for use within this state. They shall not apply to petroleum or its products sold in tanks used for transportation. Any sale in a q…

51:4-9. Violations; punishment Any person who shall violate any provision of sections 51:4-3 to 51:4-8 of this Title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and except as otherwise provided shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $250.00 nor more than $1,000.00 or imprisonment at…

51:4-9.1. Sale or offer to sell of kerosene of grade 2K or with 0.04% or greater sulfur content; warning; posting; violations; penalties; inspections a. Every pump used or connected with the sale or offer for sale at retail of the grade of kerosene commonly known as 2-K, or any o…

51:4-9.2. Rules and regulations The State Superintendent of Weights and Measures in the Division of Consumer Affairs, Department of Law and Public Safety, shall adopt, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), rules …

51:5-1. Manufacture or sale of gold articles with false quality marks No person shall make for sale or sell, or offer to sell or dispose of, or have in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of gold or any alloy of go…

51:5-2. Tests and standards for determining fineness of gold In any test for the ascertainment of the fineness of the gold or its alloy in any article mentioned in section 51:5-1 of this title according to the standards prescribed therein, the part of the gold or its alloy taken …

51:5-3. Manufacture or sale of articles made of silver, with marks of "sterling" , "coin" , etc., where articles less than certain fineness No person shall make for sale, sell or offer to sell or dispose of, or have in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article…

51:5-4. Tests for determining fineness of silver; additional standards In any test for the ascertainment of the fineness of any article mentioned in section 51:5-3 of this title, according to the standards therein prescribed, the part of the article taken for the test, analysis o…

51:5-5. Manufacture or sale of gold plated articles without indicating they are plated No person shall make for sale, sell, or offer to sell or dispose of or have in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of inferior …

51:5-6. Manufacture or sale of silver plated articles with false marks of "sterling" or "coin" thereon No person shall make for sale, sell or offer to sell or dispose of, or have in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in p…

51:5-7. Penalty for violations Every person, firm, corporation or association guilty of a violation of any provision of this chapter, and every officer, manager, director or managing agent of any such person, firm, corporation or association directly participating in such violati…

51:6-1. Definitions As used in this chapter: a. The term "article" means any article of merchandise and includes any portion of such article, whether a distinct part thereof or not, including every part thereof whether separable or not, and also including material for manufacture…

51:6-10. Certificate of federal assay office as prima facie proof of weight or fineness In any action relating to the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, a certificate duly issued by an assay office of the treasury department of the United States, certifying the weight…

51:6-2. Quality mark not to apply to mechanism and other enumerated things When an article is composed of mechanism, works or movements and of a case or cover containing the mechanism, works or movements, a quality mark applied to the article shall be deemed not to be, nor to be …

51:6-3. Trade-marks on articles If there is any quality mark printed, stamped or branded on the article itself, there must also be printed, stamped or branded on the article itself the following mark, to wit: A trade-mark duly applied for or registered under the laws of the Unite…

51:6-4. Quality marks described; marks refer to weight All quality marks applied to any article shall be equal in size and equally visible, legible, clear and distinct, and no quality mark which is false, deceptive or misleading shall be applied to any article or to any descripti…

51:6-5. Marking contents and quality of pure platinum and platinum combined with other metals There shall not be applied to any article any quality mark or any colorable imitation thereof, nor any contraction thereof, nor any addition thereto, nor any words or letters, nor any ma…

51:6-6. Abbreviations permissible Whenever provided for in this chapter except as specifically excepted in paragraph "d" of section 51:6-5 of this title, the word "platinum" may be applied by spelling it out in full or by abbreviation "Plat." ; the word "iridium" may be applied b…

51:6-7. Penalty Any person, firm, partnership, corporation or association, or any officer, manager, director, employee or agent thereof, who shall sell or offer or expose for sale in this State, any article to which is applied any quality mark which does not conform to all the pr…

51:6-8. Articles manufactured prior to July 4, 1929, not affected The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any article manufactured prior to July fourth, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine.

51:6-9. Presumption as to when article was manufactured In any action relating to the enforcement of this chapter, proof that an article has been marked in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be prima facie proof that it was manufactured after July four…

51:6A-1 Buyer on basis of bulk value; duties; serialized receipts; digital photographs. 1. Any person in the business of buying precious metals who buys, attempts to buy or offers to buy precious metals on the basis of bulk value from any person who is not in the business of sell…

51:6A-2. Registration of buyer; transient buyer; additional requirements; violation; penalty A buyer of precious metals as provided for in this act shall, before buying, attempting to buy or offering to buy any precious metals, register with the police of the municipality in whic…

51:6A-3 Penalties. 3. Any person who violates any provision of this act shall be liable to a mandatory penalty of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 recoverable by the Superintendent of Weights and Measures pursuant to the provisions of the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999,"…

51:6A-4. Arrest without warrant On the violation of any of the provisions of this act within his view, a weights and measures officer may without warrant arrest the offender and conduct him before a court having jurisdiction. L.1981, c. 96, s. 4.

51:6A-5. Definitions For purposes of this act: a. "Precious metals" means gold, silver, platinum, palladium and alloys thereof. b. "His name and address" means the name of the buyer and the legal name of the business under which the buyer is doing business, together with the perm…

51:6A-6. Inapplicability of act to government agencies, banks, or commodity markets This act is not applicable to government agencies, State or Federally chartered banks or Federally regulated commodity markets. L.1981, c. 96, s. 6.

51:6A-7. Right of municipalities to enact more restrictive ordinances or resolutions This act is not intended, and nothing in this act shall be construed to preclude the right of any municipality to adopt and enforce ordinances or regulations more restrictive than this act or any…

51:6A-8. Severability If the provisions of any section, subsection, paragraph, subdivision or clause of this act shall be adjudged invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the order or judgment shall not affect or invalidate the remainder of any section, subsection, paragrap…

51:6A-9 Certification of weight or measure used by precious metals buyer. 3. a. Upon the first official inspection of any weight or measure used by a precious metals buyer not subject to the provisions of section 2 of P.L.1981, c.96 (C.51:6A-2) that has not been certified as requ…

51:7-1. Definitions For the purpose of this chapter the following words shall be deemed to have the meaning herein given: a. "Department" shall mean state department of weights and measures. b. "Person" shall be construed to include any individual, partnership, unincorporated ass…

51:7-2. Transporting anthracite into state over highways by motor vehicle; certificate of origin required; signatures It shall be unlawful for any person to transport over the highways of this State any anthracite brought into this State by motor vehicle from outside of this Stat…