Section 12. No person shall be permitted to sell cigarettes as ''loss-leaders'' with intent to injure competitors or to destroy competition, and the commissioner shall enforce sections thirteen to twenty-one, inclusive, in order to prohibit such sales and stabilize and increase collections under this chapter.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Chapter 64c - Cigarette Excise
Section 2 - Vendors' Licenses; Display
Section 2a - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 2a to 2f
Section 2d - Marking to Indicate Compliance With Testing and Performance Standard Requirements
Section 2f - Fire Prevention and Public Safety Fund
Section 5 - Records and Statements Required of Vendors and Purchasers
Section 7c - Additional Payment of Excise; Credit to Health Protection Fund
Section 8 - Prosecution for Illegal Possession, Etc.
Section 10 - Regulation of Vending Machines; Penalties for Particular Offenses; Sales to Children
Section 11 - Records and Reports of Purchases and Sales; Investigation, Examination and Search
Section 12 - Selling Price; ''loss-Leaders'' Prohibited
Section 13 - Definitions of Cost and Sale Terms
Section 14 - Unfair Competition; Penalty
Section 15 - Application of Act to Unusual Sales
Section 16 - Fair Competition; Prices
Section 17 - Illegal Contracts
Section 18 - Fictitious Prices; Discounts
Section 19 - Invoice Cost of Goods Purchased at Forced Sales
Section 20 - Cost Survey as Evidence
Section 21 - Liability of Agents Aiding Violations
Section 27 - Severability Clause
Section 28 - Disposition of Sums Received
Section 29 - Payment of Tax Through Use of Adhesive Stamps
Section 30 - Stamper; Purchase and Use of Stamps; Appointment; Compensation; Payment for Stamps
Section 31 - Redemption of Unused or Mutilated Stamps, Etc.
Section 33a - Packages Containing Fewer Than 20 Cigarettes; Stamps; Penalties
Section 38 - Unauthorized Use of Excise Stamps; Penalty
Section 39 - Application of Secs. 29 to 39
Section 40 - Multi-Agency Illegal Tobacco Task Force; Powers and Duties; Meetings; Annual Report