(a) No person shall sell or lease, or have in his possession with intent to sell or lease, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, any article covered by the provisions of this act, unless there be affixed to the tag required by this act by the person manufacturing, selling, or leasing the same, an adhesive stamp prepared and issued by the department, except that any person desiring to do so may make application to the secretary on an approved form for a license which, if issued, will relieve him of the requirement that an adhesive stamp be attached to every tag. Each license shall expire one year from the date of issue unless revoked prior thereto.

(b) The department shall register all applicants for stamps or licenses and assign to every such person a registration number, which thereafter shall constitute his identification record, and said identification shall not be used by any other person. Each registration shall expire one year from the date of issue unless revoked prior thereto. The annual registration fee for an applicant for stamps shall be five dollars ($5). The annual registration fee for an applicant for a license shall be twenty-five dollars ($25).

(c) Repealed by 2017, Oct. 30, P.L. 379, No. 40, § 13(4)(i), imd. effective.

(d) Every licensee shall make a report to the secretary every three months. The report shall show the exact number of articles sold in this Commonwealth, or shipped into this Commonwealth, for sale in this Commonwealth by the licensee, which are covered by the provisions of this act during the period covered by the report, and the licensee shall, at the same time, pay to the secretary one and one-half cents (1 ½ ¢) for each such article. The reports shall be made within thirty days of the expiration of the three month period unless the period is extended by the secretary. Whenever any licensee shall fail to make the report and payment required herein or whenever a report is unsatisfactory, the secretary may cause the books and records of such licensee to be examined for the purpose of determining the correct amount due from such licensee. Any licensee failing to pay any amount found to be due, or the expenses incurred in making the examination, shall forfeit its license and registration.