Chapter 23 - Offenses Affecting Trade, Business and Professions

Chapter 23 - Offenses Affecting Trade, Business and Professions

§ 97-23-1. False advertising and misrepresentation of nature of business
§ 97-23-3. Advertising; untrue, deceptive, or misleading
§ 97-23-5. Advertising; pulling down advertisements
§ 97-23-7. Cotton; fraudulent packing
§ 97-23-9. Cotton; seed-cotton not sold at night
§ 97-23-11. Cotton; scalage; deductions from true weight of bale prohibited
§ 97-23-13. Cotton; scalage; purchasers of cotton to account for actual weight
§ 97-23-15. Cottonseed meal; adulterated meal to be branded
§ 97-23-17. Customers, patrons or clients; right to choose or refuse to serve; penalty for violation
§ 97-23-19. Embezzlement; by agents, bailees, trustees, servants and persons generally
§ 97-23-21. Embezzlement; evidence of debt negotiable by delivery but not delivered
§ 97-23-23. Embezzlement; buying or receiving embezzled goods
§ 97-23-25. Embezzlement; property held in trust or received on contract
§ 97-23-27. Embezzlement; property borrowed or hired
§ 97-23-29. Enticing away servant or lessee without written consent; provisions applicable to minors
§ 97-23-31. Insurance; acting as agent for company not complying with law
§ 97-23-33. Interference with exercise of lawful trade or calling by printing or distributing of matter, etc
§ 97-23-35. Newspapers and periodicals to print names of their editors
§ 97-23-37. Oleomargarine and other imitation food to be branded
§ 97-23-39. Preventing employment by force or violence; penalty
§ 97-23-41. Preventing employment by force or violence; conspiracy
§ 97-23-43. Profession; practicing without license
§ 97-23-55. Storage battery; unlawful to deface rental battery
§ 97-23-57. Storage battery; unlawful to sell or give away rental battery
§ 97-23-59. Storage battery; unlawful to retain or recharge rental battery
§ 97-23-61. Storage battery; penalty
§ 97-23-83. Threats or coercion to prevent lawful conduct of business
§ 97-23-85. Unlawful restraint of trade; boycott; civil liability
§ 97-23-87. Unauthorized copying or sale of recordings
§ 97-23-89. Sale, distribution of recordings without display of required information
§ 97-23-91. Construction of Sections 97-23-87 through 97-23-91; private causes of action; confiscation of illegal recordings
§ 97-23-92. Unauthorized use of audiovisual recording device in motion picture theater
§ 97-23-93. Shoplifting; elements of offense; presumptions; evidence; penalties; aggregation of multiple offenses occurring within same jurisdiction over 30-day period in determining gravity of offense
§ 97-23-93.1. Shoplifting; use of theft detection device remover prohibited; use of theft detection shielding device prohibited; activation of anti-shoplifting device constitutes probable cause for detention
§ 97-23-94. Aiding and abetting shoplifting by minor; penalty
§ 97-23-94.1. Punishment for violation of Section 97-23-94
§ 97-23-95. Shoplifting; detention of suspect for questioning without incurring civil liability
§ 97-23-96. Civil remedy for shoplifting violations; written demand prior to commencing civil proceedings; recovery from parents or legal guardians of minors; costs
§ 97-23-97. Scalping of admission tickets at college events held on state property
§ 97-23-99. Giving away of merchandise by employee without authorization of merchant
§ 97-23-101. Laundering of monetary instruments; offense; penalties; effect of federal conviction
§ 97-23-103. Home repair fraud; definitions; exceptions; penalties
§ 97-23-105. Falsely using or producing retail sales receipts and universal product codes
§ 97-23-107. Residential mortgage fraud; elements of offense; establishing venue; penalties; forfeiture of all property used in or obtained through violation of section; pattern of residential mortgage fraud
§ 97-23-109. Mass picketing by union which obstructs or interferes with free ingress or egress of any person to and from any place of business or private residence; injunctive relief without showing of irreparable harm for business or property owner
§ 97-23-111. Automated sales suppression devices, zappers and phantom-ware programs prohibited; definitions; penalties

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