Home Table of Contents

§ 4118. Stop-use, stop-removal and removal orders

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 3 Pa.C.S.A. Agriculture

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 3 Pa.C.S.A. Agriculture
Part VI. Development, Marketing and Promotion
Chapter 41. Weights and Measures
Subchapter B. Weights and Measures Generally
3 Pa.C.S.A. § 4118
§ 4118. Stop-use, stop-removal and removal orders
(a) Orders.--The department shall have the power to issue stop-use orders, stop-removal orders and removal orders with respect to weights and measures being commercially used and to issue stop-removal orders and removal orders with respect to packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered or exposed for sale, sold or in the process of delivery, whenever, in the course of the department's enforcement of the provisions of this subchapter, the department deems it necessary or expedient to issue such orders.
(b) Prohibitions.--No person shall use, remove from the premises specified or fail to remove from the premises specified any weight, measure or package or amount of commodity contrary to the terms of a stop-use order, stop-removal order or removal order issued under the authority of this section.
(c) Appeal.--Whenever an aggrieved person shall appeal or seek to enjoin enforcement of any order issued by the department pursuant to this section, such proceeding shall be brought in the court of common pleas of the judicial district in which the weight, measure or commodity was located at the time of the issuance of the department's order.

Credits

1996, Dec. 18, P.L. 1028, No. 155, § 1, effective in 60 days.
3 Pa.C.S.A. § 4118, PA ST 3 Pa.C.S.A. § 4118
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
End of Document