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NJ Rev Stat § 51:4-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:4-30 - Sale or purchase in compliance with superintendent's standards, rules or regulations

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 building materials which deviate from the applicable standards, rules or regulations promulgated by the superintendent. L.1968, c. 222, s. 8, approved July 30, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:4-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:4-31 - Rules, regulations or orders

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.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:4-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:4-32 - Administration and enforcement by superintendent; power and authority of weights and measures officials.

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 authority to: (a) Inspect and measure any building materials while in transit from the dealer to the consumer in vehicles owned, leased or rented by the dealer, after the same have been delivered to the consumer or after they have been incorporated in the building or structure in which they have become a part. They shall also have full power and authority to inspect the delivery tickets issued with any shipment and all records of the person, firm or corporation selling or selling and delivering such building materials in connection with the building materials so delivered. (b) Issue stop-use, stop-removal, removal, condemnation, confiscation orders with reference to building materials, which he finds being used, sold, offered, exposed for sale, kept or in the process of delivery by a dealer in vehicles owned, leased or rented by him in violation of any of the provisions of this act or any rule, regulation, or order promulgated by the superintendent. Any such order shall be supported by legal processes, as provided in section 15 of P.L.1968, c.222 (C.51:4-37), by the superintendent within 30 days. (c) Seize for use as evidence, any building materials, which he finds used, kept, sold, offered for sale or exposed for sale or in the process of delivery by a dealer in vehicles owned, leased or rented by him in violation of any of the provisions of this act or any rule, regulation, or order promulgated by the superintendent. No person shall use, remove from the premises specified, or fail to remove from the premises specified any building materials contrary to the terms of a stop-use order, stop-removal order, or removal order issued under the authority of this section. L.1968, c.222, s.10; amended 2013, c.234, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:4-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:4-33 - Stop-use, stop-removal, removal, condemnation, or confiscating orders; liability of consumers.

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 confiscating orders with reference to building materials found being used, sold, offered, exposed for sale, kept or in the process of delivery by a dealer in vehicles owned or leased or rented by him in violation of any of the provisions of this act or any rule, regulation, or order promulgated by the superintendent then in that event the dealer shall be responsible as provided for in section 15 of P.L.1968, c.222 (C.51:4-37). The consumer shall not be primarily liable for any violation of any of the provisions of this act committed by the dealer nor shall the consumer be liable as a guarantor or surety for any violation of any provisions committed by the dealer nor shall the consumer be deemed to warrant any action or actions exercised by the dealer which actions are in violation of any of the provisions of this act. L.1968, c.222, s.11; amended 2013, c.234, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:4-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:4-34 - Revocation, suspension, restriction or refusal to issue or renew license; hearing

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 of this act for any of the following reasons: (a) fraud or misrepresentation in the application for or in the procuring of a license; (b) the violation of any rule, regulation or order promulgated by the superintendent; (c) any dishonest, deceptive, or any fraudulent practice, conduct or transaction; and (d) the loaning or the giving of any license. Any licensee or applicant for license, may request, and shall be granted a hearing before the Attorney General or his designee upon any order, revocation or allegation of any weights and measures official. L.1968, c. 222, s. 12, approved July 30, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:4-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:4-35 - Employment of specialists and experts

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 of the Revised Statutes. L.1968, c. 222, s. 13, approved July 30, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:4-36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:4-36 - Legal proceedings or processes

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, approved July 30, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:4-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:4-37 - Authority to issue subpoenas; court action

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 administer oaths in taking testimony. Subpoenas shall be issued under the seal of the superintendent and shall be served in the same manner as subpoenas issued out of the Superior Court of this State.  Upon the failure of any person to obey a subpoena as aforesaid, the superintendent may apply to the Superior Court for appropriate relief.  L.1968,c.222,s.15; amended 1991,c.91,s.480.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:4-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:4-38 - Violations; penalties; collection and enforcement; process.

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 the first offense, not less than $100.00 nor more than $250.00 for the second offense, and not less than $250.00 nor more than $500.00 for each subsequent offense. The Superior Court and municipal court shall have jurisdiction of proceedings for the collection and enforcement of a penalty imposed because of the violation, within the territorial jurisdiction of the court, of any provision of this act. The penalty shall be collected and enforced in a summary proceeding pursuant to the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.). Process shall be either in the nature of a summons or warrant and shall issue in the name of the State, upon the complaint of the superintendent or any other weights and measures official. L.1968, c.222, s.16; amended 1991, c.91, s.481; 2013, c.234, s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:5-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:5-1 - Manufacture or sale of gold articles with false quality marks

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 gold, upon which article, or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in which such article is incased or inclosed, shall be stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted any mark indicating, or designed or intended to indicate that the gold or alloy of gold in such article is of a greater degree of fineness than the actual fineness or quality of such gold or alloy, unless the actual fineness of such gold or alloy in the case of flat ware and watch cases be not less by more than three one-thousandths parts, and in the case of all other articles be not less by more than one-half karat than the fineness indicated by any such mark, according to the standards and subject to the qualifications set forth in section 51:5-2 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:5-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:5-2 - Tests and standards for determining fineness of gold

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 for the test, analysis or assay shall be such part or portion as does not contain or have attached thereto any solder or alloy of inferior fineness used for brazing or uniting the parts of such article, and in addition to the aforesaid tests and standards, the actual fineness of the entire quantity of gold and of its alloys contained in any article mentioned in said section 51:5-1 of this title, except watch cases and flat ware, including all solder, or alloy of inferior metal used for brazing or uniting the parts of the article (all such gold, alloys or solder being assayed as one piece), shall not be less by more than one karat than the fineness indicated by the mark stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted upon such article or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in which such article is incased or inclosed.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:5-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:5-3 - Manufacture or sale of articles made of silver, with marks of "sterling" , "coin" , etc., where articles less than certain fineness

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 of merchandise made in whole or in part of silver or of any alloy of silver, upon which article, or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in which such article is incased or inclosed, shall be marked, stamped, branded or engraved: a. The words "sterling silver" or "sterling" or any colorable imitation thereof, unless nine hundred and twenty-five one-thousandths of the component parts of the metal appearing or purporting to be silver, of which such article is manufactured, are pure silver, subject to the qualifications set forth in section 51:5-4 of this title, provided that in case of all such articles, there shall be allowed a divergence in fineness of four one-thousandths parts from the foregoing standard; or b. The words "coin" or "coin silver" or any colorable imitation thereof, unless nine hundred one-thousandths of the component parts of the metal appearing or purporting to be silver, of which such article is manufactured, are pure silver, subject to the qualifications set forth in said section 51:5-4; provided that in case of all such articles, there shall be allowed a divergence in fineness of four one-thousandths parts from the standard mentioned in this paragraph; or c. Any mark or word, other than the word "sterling" or the word "coin" , indicating, or designed or intended to indicate, that the silver or alloy of silver in such article is of a greater degree of fineness than the actual fineness or quality of such silver or alloy, unless the actual fineness of the silver or alloy of silver of which such article is composed be not less by more than four one-thousandths parts than the actual fineness indicated by said mark or word, subject to the qualifications set forth in said section 51:5-4.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:5-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:5-4 - Tests for determining fineness of silver; additional standards

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 or assay shall be such part or portion as does not contain or have attached thereto any solder or alloy of inferior metal used for brazing or uniting the parts of such article, and, in addition to the aforesaid tests and standards, the actual fineness of the entire quantity of metal purporting to be silver contained in any article mentioned in said section 51:5-3 of this title, including all solder or alloy of inferior fineness used for brazing or uniting the parts of any such article (all silver, alloy or solder being assayed as one piece), shall not be less by more than ten one-thousandths parts than the fineness indicated, according to the aforesaid standards, by the mark stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted upon such article, or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in which such article is incased or inclosed.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:5-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:5-5 - Manufacture or sale of gold plated articles without indicating they are plated

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 metal, having deposited or plated thereon or brazed or otherwise affixed thereto a plate, plating, covering or sheet of gold, or of any alloy of gold, which article is known in the market as "rolled gold plate" , "gold plate" , "gold filled" , "gold electroplate" , or by any similar designation, and upon which article or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in which such article is incased or inclosed, shall be stamped, printed, branded or engraved any word or mark usually employed to indicate the fineness of gold, unless such word be accompanied by other words plainly indicating that such article, or some part thereof, is made of rolled gold plate, or gold plate, or gold electroplate, or is gold filled, as the case may be.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:5-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:5-6 - Manufacture or sale of silver plated articles with false marks of "sterling" or "coin" thereon

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 part of inferior metal, having deposited or plated thereon, or brazed or otherwise affixed thereto, a plate, plating, covering or sheet of silver, or of any alloy of silver, which article is known to the market as "silver plate" or "silver electroplate" , or by any similar designation, and upon which article, or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in which such article is incased or inclosed, shall be stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted the word "sterling" , or the word "coin" , either alone or in conjunction with any other words or marks.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:5-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:5-7 - Penalty for violations

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 violation, or consenting thereto, shall be liable to a mandatory penalty of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 recoverable by the Superintendent of Weights and Measures in a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil penalty action pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.). Amended by L.1969, c. 251, s. 30, eff. Jan. 7, 1970; L.1980, c. 53, s. 3, eff. June 27, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:6-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:6-1 - Definitions

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. b. The terms "platinum" , "iridium" , "palladium" , "ruthenium" , "rhodium" , or "osmium" , or any or all of them, include any alloy or alloys of any one or more of said metals. c. The term "mark" means any mark, sign, device, imprint, stamp or brand applied to any article, or to any tag, card, paper, label, box, carton, container, holder, package, cover, or wrapping attached to, used in conjunction with, or inclosing such article, or any bill, bill of sale, invoice, statement, letter, circular, advertisement, notice, memorandum, or other writing or printing. d. The terms "apply" and "applied" include any method or means of application or attachment to, or of use on, or in connection with, or in relation to, an article, whether such application, attachment, or use is to, on, by, in or with: 1. The article itself; or 2. Anything attached to the article; or 3. Anything to which the article is attached; or 4. Anything in or on which the article is; or 5. Anything so used or placed as to lead to a reasonable belief that the mark on that thing is meant to be taken as a mark on the article itself. e. The term "quality mark" means any mark as herein defined indicating, describing, identifying or referring to or appearing or seeming or purporting to indicate, describe, identify or refer to the partial or total presence or existence of, or the quality of, or the percentage of, or the purity of the number of parts of platinum, iridium, palladium, ruthenium, rhodium, or osmium, or any or all of them, in any article.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:6-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:6-2 - Quality mark not to apply to mechanism and other enumerated things

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 intended to be, applied to the mechanism, works or movements. The quality mark applied to the article shall be deemed not to apply to springs, winding bars, sleeves, crown cores, mechanical joints, pins, screws, rivets, dust bands, detachable movement rims, hatpin stems, bracelet and necklace snap tongues. In addition, in the event that an article is marked under paragraph "e" of section 51:6-5 of this title, the quality mark applied to the article shall be deemed not to apply to pin tongues, joints, catches, lapel button backs and the posts to which they are attached, scarfpin stems, hatpin sockets, shirt stud backs, vest button backs and ear screw backs; provided, that such parts are made of the same quality of gold as is used in the balance of the article.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:6-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:6-3 - Trade-marks on articles

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 United States of the manufacturer of such article; except that if the manufacturer has sold or contracted to sell such article to a jobber, wholesaler or retail dealer regularly engaged in the business of buying and selling similar articles, this provision shall be deemed to be complied with if there is so marked on the article the trade-mark duly registered under the laws of the United States of such jobber, wholesaler or retail dealer respectively; and in such event there may also be marked on such article itself, numerals intended to identify the article, design or pattern; provided, that such numerals do not appear or purport to be a part of the quality mark, and are not calculated to mislead or deceive anyone in believing that they are part of the quality mark.
NJ Rev Stat § 51:6-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Standards, Weights, Measures and Containers|Section 51:6-4 - Quality marks described; marks refer to weight

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 descriptive device therefor. No more than one quality mark shall be applied to any article and such quality mark shall be applied to such article in only one place thereon except as elsewhere specifically permitted in this chapter. Wherever in this chapter provision is made for marking the number of parts or percentage of metals, such number or percentage shall refer to weight and not to volume, thickness or any other basis.