Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 41 - Weights and Measures
Section 4109 - General powers and duties of department


The State Metrology Laboratory shall have the custody of the State standards of weight and measure and of the other standards and equipment provided for by this chapter and shall keep accurate records of the same. The department shall enforce the provisions of this subchapter and keep a general supervision over the weights and measures offered for sale, sold or in use in this Commonwealth.

Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Title 3 - AGRICULTURE

Chapter 41 - Weights and Measures

Extra - Chapter Notes

Section 4101 - Short title of chapter

Section 4102 - Definitions

Section 4105 - Systems of weights and measures

Section 4106 - State standards of weight and measure

Section 4107 - Office and working standards and equipment

Section 4108 - Director and inspectors of weights and measures

Section 4109 - General powers and duties of department

Section 4110 - Specific powers and duties of department; regulations

Section 4111 - Testing and inspections of standards

Section 4112 - General testing and inspections

Section 4113 - Registration of sellers, installers and repairers of weighing and measuring devices

Section 4114 - Registration and report of inspection and testing of weighing and measuring devices used for commercial purposes

Section 4115 - Training program

Section 4116 - Investigations

Section 4117 - Inspection of packages

Section 4118 - Stop-use, stop-removal and removal orders

Section 4119 - Disposition of correct and incorrect apparatus

Section 4120 - Police powers; right of entry and stoppage

Section 4121 - Powers and duties of director and inspector

Section 4122 - City and county sealers and deputy sealers of weights and measures; appointment, powers and duties

Section 4123 - City and county standards and equipment

Section 4124 - Concurrent jurisdiction

Section 4125 - Division of responsibilities

Section 4126 - Duty of owners of incorrect apparatus

Section 4127 - Method of sale of commodities

Section 4128 - Packages; declarations of quantity and origin; variations; exemptions

Section 4129 - Declarations of unit price on random packages

Section 4130 - Misleading packages

Section 4131 - Advertising packages for sale

Section 4132 - Sale by net weight

Section 4133 - Misrepresentation of price

Section 4134 - Meat, poultry and seafood

Section 4135 - Butter, oleomargarine and margarine

Section 4136 - Fluid dairy products

Section 4137 - Flour, cornmeal and hominy grits

Section 4138 - Potatoes

Section 4139 - Construction of contracts

Section 4140 - Hindering or obstructing officer; penalties

Section 4141 - Impersonation of officer; penalties

Section 4142 - Prohibited acts

Section 4143 - Presumptive evidence

Section 4150 - Enforcement and regulations

Section 4151 - Licenses

Section 4152 - Weighmasters' certificates

Section 4153 - Preparation of weighmaster's certificate

Section 4154 - Use of approved weighing device required

Section 4155 - Scale requirement

Section 4156 - Disposition of copies of certificates

Section 4157 - License required; definition

Section 4158 - Suspension or revocation of licenses

Section 4159 - Prohibited acts

Section 4160 - Sales by weight

Section 4161 - Separation required

Section 4162 - Substitution of another purchaser in weighmaster's certificate

Section 4163 - Authorization to inspect and direct to nearest scales

Section 4164 - Weighmaster's certificate required

Section 4165 - Small lots

Section 4166 - Exception for boatloads or railroad carloads

Section 4167 - Rules and regulations

Section 4168 - Sales by employer-producer to employees

Section 4169 - Existing licenses

Section 4170 - Approval of types of weights and measures and weighing and measuring devices

Section 4171 - Submission of types for approval

Section 4172 - Certificates of approval; notice of disapproval; appeals

Section 4173 - Manufacture, sale or use of unapproved weights, measures and devices

Section 4174 - Marking of approved weights and measures

Section 4175 - Marking of weights and measures "not legal for trade."

Section 4176 - Rules and regulations

Section 4177 - Sealing of approved weights and measures

Section 4178 - Fees

Section 4179 - Enforcement

Section 4180 - Meter required

Section 4181 - Small deliveries

Section 4182 - Exceptions

Section 4183 - Enforcement of chapter, rules and regulations

Section 4187.1 - Scope of subchapter

Section 4187.2 - Definitions

Section 4187.3 - Automotive Fuel Testing and Disclosure Program

Section 4187.4 - Standards for automotive fuel

Section 4187.5 - Automotive fuel rating, disclosure and labeling requirements

Section 4187.6 - Investigations

Section 4187.7 - Violations and penalties

Section 4187.8 - (Reserved)

Section 4190 - Rules and regulations

Section 4191 - Offenses and penalties

Section 4192 - Temporary or permanent injunctions

Section 4193 - Disposition of funds

Section 4194 - Validity of prosecutions