Section 5. Every person who uses weights or measures of the metric system for the purpose of selling any goods, wares, merchandise or other commodities shall have them adjusted, sealed and recorded by an authorized sealer of weights and measures, and shall thereafter be responsible for the correctness and exactness of the same; and every person who illegally or fraudulently uses the metric weights or measures shall be liable to the same penalty to which he would have been liable if he had used other weights and measures.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XV - Regulation of Trade
Chapter 99 - The Metric System of Weights and Measures
Section 1 - Authorization of Metric System; Carat Weight
Section 2 - Tables of Weights and Measures
Section 3 - Deputy Director of Standards; Town Sealers of Weights and Measures; Duties
Section 4 - Verification, Adjustment and Sealing of Metric Weights and Measures
Section 5 - Duties of Persons Using Metric System; Adjustment and Sealing; Record