§486-32 Offenses and penalties. (a) Criminal. Any person who performs any one of the acts enumerated in this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor:
(1) Use or have in possession a device or measure or measurement standard which has been altered to facilitate fraud;
(2) Counterfeit, or remove from any measure or measurement standard, any tag, seal, or mark placed thereon by the appropriate authority; or
(3) Manipulate in any manner the representation of the quantity of any commodity, thing, or service furnished, delivered, or provided to the unjust enrichment of the person.
(b) Civil. Any person who performs any one of the acts enumerated in this subsection shall be fined not more than $2,000 for each separate offense:
(1) Use, or have in possession for use in commerce an incorrect device, measure, or measurement standard;
(2) Dispose of any rejected or condemned measure or measurement standard in a manner contrary to law or rule;
(3) Sell, or offer or expose for sale, less than the quantity the person represents of any commodity, thing, or service;
(4) Keep for the purpose of sale, advertise, or offer or expose for sale, or sell any commodity, thing, or service in a condition or manner contrary to law or rule;
(5) Fail to submit a weighing or measuring device for inspection and testing at a time and place specified by the administrator; or
(6) Violate any provision of this chapter or any rules adopted under it for which a specific penalty has not been prescribed. [L 1988, c 156, pt of §3; am L 1991, c 153, §18; am L 1993, c 54, §3]
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 26. Trade Regulation and Practice
486-2 Cooperation; uniformity of regulations.
486-4 Measurement standards branch; administrator.
486-5 Powers and duties of the administrator, and inspectors.
486-6 General powers and duties of board.
486-7 Specific powers and duties of the board; rules.
486-23 Investigations; power to subpoena.
486-24 Stop-use, stop-sale, hold, and removal orders.
486-25, 26, 26.5, 27, 28 REPEALED.
486-29 Hindering or obstructing an officer or inspector; bribery; penalties.
486-32 Offenses and penalties.
486-37 Rules; severability and continuation.
486-52 Measurement standard; exemptions.
486-52.5 Price posting by gallon required.
486-55 General duties and powers.
486-56 Adoption of standards and rules.
486-75 Properly functioning odometer required.
486-77 Odometers; prohibitions; exemptions.
486-79 Citation and notice to appear.
486-80 Impoundment of evidence.
486-81 Confiscation of evidence.
486-82 Nonscheduled inspection, permissible.
486-102 Systems of measurement.
486-103 State measurement standards.
486-104 Secondary standards and equipment.
486-106 Testing at state-supported institutions.
486-107 Type evaluation; requirements; certificate of conformance.
486-108 Use; disposition of correct or incorrect apparatus.
486-109 Duties of owners or custodians of measuring apparatus.
486-110 Method of sale of commodities; general.
486-111 Packages; information required; variations; exemptions.
486-112 Declarations of unit price on random packages.
486-114 Advertising packages for sale.
486-116 Misrepresentation of price.
486-117 Inspection of packages.
486-118.5 Ni €›ihau shells; representing content.
486-119 Hawaii-made products; Hawaii-processed products.
486-119.5 Acacia koa wood; representing content.
486-120.5 Macadamia nuts; labeling requirements.
486-120.6 Hawaii-grown roasted or instant coffee; labeling requirements.
486-121 Misrepresentation of quantity.
486-133 Requirement for measuremaster license; duties; prohibitions.
486-135 Reciprocal acceptance of certificates.