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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 1200
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 1200
Every provision of this chapter shall be liberally construed to protect the interests of all persons affected.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12001
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12001
The definitions in this chapter apply to this division only and do not affect the provisions of any other division.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12002
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12002
“Department” means the Department of Food and Agriculture.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12003
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12003
“Secretary” means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12004
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12004
“State Sealer” means the chief of the division of the department charged with the enforcement of the provisions of this division.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12005
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12005
Whenever any provision of this division makes reference to the National Bureau of Standards, that reference shall be construed to include the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12006
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12006
“County Sealer” means any sealer appointed by a county. A county may in its discretion refer to its sealer as the county director of weights and measures.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12008
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12008
“Sealer,” when used without qualification, includes the State Sealer, county sealers and their deputies and inspectors.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12009
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12009
“Sell,” in any of its variant forms, includes barter, exchange, trade, rent, lease, keep for sale, offer for sale, or expose for sale, in any of their variant forms.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12009.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12009.5
“Distribute,” in any of its variant forms, includes keep for distribution, offer for distribution, or expose for distribution, in any of their variant forms.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 1201
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 1201
As used in this chapter, “person” includes firm, association, partnership, individual, limited liability company, and corporation.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12010
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12010
“Use,” in any of its variant forms includes keep for use in any of its variant forms.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12011
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12011
“Person” includes person, firm, corporation or association.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12011.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12011.5
Wherever in this division the terms “copies” or “standards” or “copies of the standard weights and measures” are used, such terms shall refer to the original standards in the possession of the department or to true and accurate copies derived therefrom.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12011.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12011.6
“Container” means any receptacle or carton, whether lidded or unlidded, into which a commodity is packed or placed, or any wrappings with or into which any commodity is wrapped or put for sale.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12011.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12011.7
“Pallet” means any portable platform upon which containers or material is placed to facilitate handling.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12012
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12012
The secretary may exercise any power conferred upon the department or upon the State Sealer by this division through the State Sealer or otherwise.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12012.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12012.1
The secretary may bring an action to enjoin the violation, or the threatened violation, of any provision of this division, or of any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, in the superior court in the county in which the violation occurs or is about to occur. There may be joined in
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12013
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12013
(a) Any sealer shall have the authority, as a public officer, to arrest, without a warrant, any person whenever such officer has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has, in his presence, violated any provision of this division, the violation of which is dec
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12014
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12014
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any sealer who seals any weight, measure, balance or weighing or measuring instrument or apparatus before first testing and making it conform with the standards of the state, or who condemns any weight, measure, balance or weighing or me
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12015
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12015
Any sealer having knowledge of a violation of any of the provisions of any law relating to weights and measures shall cause the violator to be prosecuted.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12015.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12015.3
(a) The sealer may levy a civil penalty against a person violating any provision of this division or a regulation adopted pursuant to any of these provisions, of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation. It is a complete defense to a criminal prosecution for
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12015.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12015.5
Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this division, or, except as provided in Section 12015.3, any person who is determined to be civilly liable for violating any of the provisions of this division, shall be liable for reasonable costs incurred in investigat
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12016
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12016
Any person who hinders or obstructs in any way any sealer, in the performance of his official duties, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12017
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 12017
All officers, directors and managers of corporations, whose respective corporations use or sell any weights, measures, or weighing or measuring instruments which are subject to inspection shall comply with the provisions of this division on behalf of their respective corporations