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Section 19-5.2
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<br />Advertising merchandise, etc., for sale with
<br />intent not to sell at price or terms advertised;
<br />prima facie evidence of violation.
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<br /> (a) Any person, firm, corporation or association who in
<br />any manner advertises or offers for sale to the public any mer-
<br />chandise, goods, commodity, service or thing with intent not to
<br />sell, or with intent not to sell at the price or upon the terms ad-
<br />vertised or offered, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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<br /> (b) In any prosecution or civil action under this section,
<br />the refusal by any person, firm, corporation or association or any
<br />employge,.agent or servant thereof to.sell, or the refusal to sell
<br />at the price or upon the terms advertised or offered, any merchan-
<br />dise, goods, commodity, service or thing advertised or offered for
<br />sale to the public, shall be prima facie evidence of a violation
<br />of this section; provided, that this paragraph shall not apply
<br />when it is clearly stated in the advertisement or offer by which
<br />such merchandise, goods, commodity, service or thing is advertised
<br />or offered for sale to the public, that the advertiser or offeror
<br />has a limited quantity or amount of such merchandise, goods, com-
<br />modity, service or thing for sale, and the advertiser or offeror
<br />at the time of such advertisement or offer did in fact have at
<br />least such quantity or amount for sale.
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<br />Sectio~ 19-5.3. Failure to indicate goods, etc., are "seconds,"
<br /> "irregulars," secondhand, etc.
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<br /> Any person, firm, corporation or association who in any
<br />manner knowingly advertises or offers for sale to the public any
<br />merchandise, goods, commodity or thing which is defective, blemish-
<br />ed, secondhand or used, or which has been designated by the manu-
<br />facturer thereof as "second~," "irregulars," "imperfects~" "not
<br />first class," o~ wo~ds ~f similar import without clearly and un-
<br />equivocally indicating in the advertisement or offer of the mer-
<br />chandise, goods, commodity or thing or the articles, units or
<br />parts, thereof so advertised or offered for sale to the public
<br />is defeGtive, blemished, secondhand, or used or consists of
<br />"secondS," "irregulars," "imperfects" or "not first clasS," shall
<br />be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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<br />Section 19-5.4. Use of word "wholesale" or "wholesaler"]
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<br /> Any person, firm, corporation or association who in any
<br />manner in any advertisement or offer for sale to the public of
<br />any merchandise, goods, commodity or thing uses the words "whole-
<br />sale" or "wholesaler" to represent or describe the natur~ of its
<br />business shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, unless such p~rson,
<br />firm, corporation or association is actually engaged in selling
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