Connecticut § 14-342 - Sale of motor oil regulated.
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§ 14-342. Sale of motor oil regulated.
Sec. 14-342. Sale of motor oil regulated. (a) No person, firm or corporation shall sell or offer or expose for sale any motor lubricating oils used in motor vehicles in such manner as to deceive the purchaser as to the nature, quality and identity of such product.
(b) No person, firm or corporation shall expose for sale, offer for sale or sell, from any tank or container or other distributing device or equipment, any other motor lubricating oils than those indicated by the name, trade name, symbol, sign or other distinguishing mark or device of the manufacturer or distributor, appearing upon the tank, container or other distributing equipment from which the same are sold, offered for sale or distributed.
(c) No person, firm or corporation shall expose for sale, offer for sale or sell, under any trademark or trade name in general use, any motor lubricating oils, except those manufactured or distributed by the manufacturer marketing motor lubricating oils, under such trademark or trade name; or substitute, mix or adulterate the motor lubricating oils sold, offered for sale or distributed under such trademark or trade name; or refill used packages or containers, which have contained goods sold under a trademark, unless with products of the same manufacturer and of the same grade. No person, firm or corporation shall sell or offer for sale, as lubricating oil, any oil that has been rerun, refiltered, reclaimed or refined from crankcase draining, or any other oil that has been used for purposes of lubrication, unless such oil is sold and labeled “reconditioned motor oil”, and such person, firm or corporation shall, upon the request of the commissioner, disclose the source of supply of the above-named products.
(d) Any person, firm or corporation which violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days or both for each offense.
(1949 Rev., S. 2560; 1949, S. 1417d.)
Secs. 14-343 and 14-344. Penalty; collection of tax. Aviation gasoline; exemption; license to sell. Sections 14-343 and 14-344 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 1419d, 2561; 1953, S. 1418d; 1957, P.A. 666; 1959, P.A. 132, S. 29; 579, S. 26.)