Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 10-2-22. Criminal Penalty for Violations

Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, society, or association who shall violate this article, relating to weights and measures in general, or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History. Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 821; Ga. L. 1851-52, p. 263, § 1; Code 1863, § 4458; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 231, § 5; Code 1868, § 4502; Code 1873, § 4590; Code 1882, § 4590; Penal Code 1895, § 661; Penal Code 1910, § 706; Code 1933, § 112-9901; Ga. L. 1941, p. 510, § 9; Ga. L. 1972, p. 654, § 2; Code 1981, § 10-2-21 ; Code 1981, § 10-2-22 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 1993, p. 811, § 1.

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Georgia Code

Title 10 - Commerce and Trade

Chapter 2 - Weights and Measures

Article 1 - General Provisions

§ 10-2-1. Definitions

§ 10-2-2. Recognized Systems of Weights and Measures

§ 10-2-3. Primary Standards of Weights and Measures; Prescribing and Verifying Secondary Standards

§ 10-2-4. Technical Requirements for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices

§ 10-2-5. Powers and Duties of Commissioner Generally

§ 10-2-6. Power of Commissioner to Inspect Commercial Premises and Vehicles; Stop-Use or Stop-Sale, Hold, and Removal Orders; Seizure

§ 10-2-7. Misrepresentation of Quantity in Selling or Buying Prohibited

§ 10-2-8. Misrepresentation or Deception in Pricing by Weight, Measure, or Count Prohibited

§ 10-2-9. Permissible Methods of Selling by Quantity

§ 10-2-10. Delivery Tickets for Bulk Sales and Bulk Deliveries of Heating Fuel

§ 10-2-11. Information Required on Packages

§ 10-2-12. Unit Price Required on Packages With Random Weights

§ 10-2-13. Advertisements of Packaged Commodities Must State Quantity With Retail Price

§ 10-2-14. Using or Possessing Incorrect Weight or Measure; Removing Tags, Seals, or Marks; Obstructing Enforcement

§ 10-2-15. Grain Moisture Testing Equipment — Standards; Inspections

§ 10-2-16. Grain Moisture Testing Equipment — Operator to Obtain Permit

§ 10-2-17. Inspection of Scales Used in Intrastate Shipments

§ 10-2-18. When Weight, Measure, or Weighing or Measuring Device Presumed Used in Business

§ 10-2-19. Manner of Display of Measurement of Compressed Natural Gas on Dispensing Devices

§ 10-2-20. Enjoining Violations

§ 10-2-21. Administrative Penalty for Violations; Judicial Review; Proceedings for Collection

§ 10-2-22. Criminal Penalty for Violations

§ 10-2-23. Sale and Measurement of Pulpwood, Sawtimber, Poles, and Other Types of Timber