§ 18.2-218 Failure to indicate goods, etc., are “seconds,” “irregulars,” “secondhand,” etc
Any person, firm, corporation or association who in any manner knowingly advertises or offers for sale to the public any merchandise, goods, commodity or thing which is defective, blemished, secondhand or used, or which has been designated by the manufacturer thereof as “seconds,” “irregulars,” “imperfects,” “not first class,” or words of similar import without clearly and unequivocally indicating in the advertisement or offer of the merchandise, goods, commodity or thing or the articles, units or parts, thereof so advertised or offered for sale to the public is defective, blemished, secondhand or used or consists of “seconds,” “irregulars,” “imperfects” or “not first class,” shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
History
The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1968, chapter 439; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15.
Code 1950, § 59.1-46; 1968, c. 439; 1975, cc. 14, 15.