§ 5411. Short Title
TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 5: BUSINESS REGULATION § 5411. Definitions. When used in this chapter: (a) “Commodity in package form” means a commodity put up or packaged in any manner in advance of sale in units suitable for either wholesale or retail sale, exclusive, however, of any auxiliary shipping container enclosing packages that individually conform to the requirements of this chapter. An individual item or lot of any commodity not in package form as defined in this section, but on which there is marked a selling price based on an established price per unit of weight or of measure, shall be construed to be a commodity in package form. (b) “Inspector” means an inspector of weights and measures. (c) “Person” means individuals, partnerships, corporations, companies, socie- ties, associations and includes both the plural and singular, as the case demands. (d) “Sell” and “sale” includes barter and exchange. (e) “Weight(s) and (or) measure(s)” mean all weights and measures of every kind, instruments and devices for weighing and measuring, and any appliances and accessories associated with any or all such instruments and devices, but does not include meters for the measurement of electricity or water when the same are operated in a public utility system. Such electricity and water meters are specifi- cally excluded from the purview of this chapter and none of the provisions of this chapter shall apply to such meters or to any appliances or accessories associated with them. Source: DL 5-20, § 1. Commission Comment: DL 5-20 took effect January 1, 1978.
Source: CNMI Law Revision Commission