The General Business Law 2025 



§ 17-b. Guaranty furnished by wholesaler, jobber or manufacturer. 

 JSTo person shall be prosecuted under the provisions of this article, 

 following section fifteen thereof, when he can show a guaranty 

 signed hj a wholesaler, jobber or manufacturer, residing in the 

 state of ISTew York from whom he purchased the commodity in 

 containers to the effect that they were not incorrectly marked 

 within the meaning of such sections of this article. The person 

 making the sale and guaranty shall then be amenable to the prose- 

 cution, fines, and other penalties which would in due course attach 

 to the dealer under the provisions of such sections. The name 

 appearing on the container and the marking as provided by 

 section seventeen shall be deemed to constitute a guaranty. (As 

 added hy chapter 81 of ilie Laws of 1912.) 



§ 17-c. Definition of terms " container " and " person." ''A con- 

 tainer " as used in this article, following section fifteen thereof, 

 shall include any carton, box, crate, barrel, half-barrel, hamper, 

 keg, drum, jug, jar, crock, bottle, bag, basket, pail, can, wrapper, 

 parcel or ]3ackage. "A person " as used in such sections shall be 

 considered to import both the singular and the plural and shall 

 include corporations, companies, societies and associations, and 

 whether acting through an agent or servant. (As added hy 

 chapter 81 of the Laws of 1912.) 



§ 18. Examination and prosecution. The examination of the 

 weight, measure or numerical count of the contents of containers 

 as provided by section seventeen shall be made by the state super- 

 intendent of weights and measures or under his supervision or 

 direction by any of the weights and measures officials of the state; 

 except that in the city of New York such examination shall be 

 made by the commissioner of the mayor's bureau of weights and 

 measures of the city of New York. AVlicn after such examination 

 there is cause to believe that a provision of section seventeen has 

 been intentionally violated the state superintendent of weights and 

 measures shall, after notifying in writing the person so accused 

 of such accusation, certify the results to the attorney-general with 

 a copy of the results of the examination duly authenticated under 

 oath by the official making examination. The attorney-general 



