New Jersey § 51:1-98
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 51:1-98, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 51:1-98.
Any deviation from the standards prescribed in this chapter, either in weights or
measures or in containers in which any commodity is sold or offered for sale, which
shall exceed by more than three times the allowable error determined by the state
superintendent 1 in accordance with the provisions of sections 51:1-29 and 51:1-57 of this title, shall be subject to a penalty double that otherwise provided. Should such deviation exceed by more than five times such allowable error, the penalty
shall be three times that otherwise provided. No penalty shall be imposed for allowable deviations, nor for any deviation which
shall be to the disadvantage of the owner of said weight, measure or container. 1
Functions, powers and duties transferred to Superintendent of the Division of Weights
and Measures, see N.J.S.A. § 52:17B-25.
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