(a) Any public weighmaster who refuses to issue a certificate as prescribed by this Article, or who issues a certificate giving a false weight, or who misrepresents the weight to any person, or who otherwise violates any provisions of this Article or the rules and regulations pursuant to this Article, may have his license revoked, suspended or terminated by the Commissioner.

(b) The following acts by other persons are also violations of this Article:

(1) Requesting a public weighmaster to weigh a product inaccurately;

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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 81A-55

  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Weight: when used in connection with any commodity is net weight; provided, however, where the label declares that the product is sold by drained weight, weight means net drained weight. See North Carolina General Statutes 81A-9

(2) Requesting an inaccurate certificate prescribed by this Article;

(3) Impersonating a public weighmaster;

(4) Erasing, changing or altering any certificate issued by a public weighmaster;

(5) Increasing or decreasing the weight of a product for the purpose of deception; or

(6) Violating any other provision of this Article. (1939, c. 285, s. 5; 1975, c. 544; 1981, c. 607, s. 4.)

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