When one wholesaler sells cigarettes to any other wholesaler, the former shall not be required to include in his selling price to the latter, “cost to the wholesaler,” as provided by section five of this act, except that no such sale shall be made at a price less than the “basic cost of cigarettes” as defined in said section two of this act, but the latter wholesaler, upon resale to a retailer, shall be deemed to be the wholesaler governed by the provisions of said section five of this act.

L.1952, c. 247, p. 827, s. 7.