Delaware Code
Chapter 51. STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
§ 5114. Police powers; right of entry and stoppage.

With respect to the enforcement of this chapter and any other chapters dealing with weights and measures that the Secretary of Agriculture is, or may be, empowered to enforce, the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby vested with police powers, and shall have police powers similar to those of constables and other police officers and may arrest any violator of the said chapters, and seize for use as evidence, incorrect or unsealed weights and measures or amounts or packages of commodity, found to be used, retained, offered or exposed for sale, or sold in violation of law. In the performance of official duties, the Secretary of Agriculture may enter and go into or upon, any structure or premises, and stop any person whatsoever and require that person to proceed, with or without any vehicle of which he or she may be in charge, to some place which the Secretary of Agriculture may specify.

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Title 6 - Commerce and Trade

Chapter 51. STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

§ 5101. Definitions; meaning of terms.

§ 5102. Systems of weights and measures.

§ 5103. Definitions of special units of measure.

§ 5104. State standards of weights and measures.

§ 5105. Field standards and equipment.

§ 5106. General powers and duties of Secretary of Agriculture.

§ 5107. Specific powers and duties of Secretary of Agriculture; regulations.

§ 5108. Testing at state-supported institutions.

§ 5109. General testing.

§ 5110. Investigations.

§ 5111. Inspection of packages.

§ 5112. Stop-use, stop-removal, and removal orders.

§ 5113. Disposition of correct and incorrect apparatus.

§ 5114. Police powers; right of entry and stoppage.

§ 5115. Powers and duties of inspectors.

§ 5116. Duty of owners of incorrect apparatus.

§ 5117. Method of sale of commodities.

§ 5118. Packages; declarations of quantity and origin; variations; exemptions.

§ 5119. Declarations of unit price on random packages.

§ 5120. Uniform packaging and labeling.

§ 5121. Advertising packages for sale.

§ 5122. Sale by net weight.

§ 5123. Misrepresentation of price.

§ 5124. Meat, poultry and seafood.

§ 5125. Clams, mussels, oysters, and other mollusks.

§ 5126. Non-food products.

§ 5127. Bulk deliveries of commodities sold in terms of weight.

§ 5128. Furnace and stove oil.

§ 5129. Berries and small fruits.

§ 5130. Construction of contracts.

§ 5131. Licensed weighmasters; appointment; tenure; license fee; seal; charges; records.

§ 5132. Hindering or obstructing officer; penalties.

§ 5133. Impersonation of officer; penalties.

§ 5134. Offenses and penalties.

§ 5135. Injunction.

§ 5136. Presumptive evidence.

§ 5137. Validity of prosecutions.

§ 5138. Concurrent jurisdiction of justices of the peace and Court of Common Pleas.

§ 5139. Citation.

§ 5140. Fees for services for out-of-state companies.

§ 5141. Fines payable by mail.

§ 5142. Administrative penalties.