Georgia § 16-9-50 - Deceptive business practices.
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§ 16-9-50. Deceptive business practices.
A person commits the offense of using a deceptive business practice when in the regular course of business he knowingly: Uses or possesses for use a false weight or measure or any other device for falsely determining or recording any quality or quantity; Sells, offers, or exposes for sale or delivers less than the represented quality or quantity of any commodity; or Takes or attempts to take more than the represented quantity of any commodity when as buyer he furnishes the weight or measure. Any person who commits the offense of using a deceptive business practice shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Code 1933, § 26-1706, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.) Cross references. - Deceptive or unfair trade practices or consumer transactions, § 10-1-370 et seq. Misrepresentation of quantity of commodities in commercial transactions, and misrepresentation or deception in pricing by weight, measure, or count, §§ 10-2-7 , 10-2-8 . Law reviews. - For article discussing available remedies in this state for deceptive trade practices, in light of the model Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law proposed in Georgia in 1973, see 10 Ga. St. B.J. 281 (1973). For article explaining the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act, proposed in Georgia in 1973, see 10 Ga. St. B.J. 409 (1974). For article, "Individual Accountability for Corporate Crime," see 34 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 335 (2018). For note discussing criminal penalty for deceptive business practices, see 25 Emory L.J. 445 (1976).
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