Section 39-9-120. Misrepresentation of price prohibited; display of price including fraction of a cent.

SC Code § 39-9-120 (2019) (N/A)
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No person may misrepresent the price of a commodity or service sold, offered, exposed, or advertised for sale by weight, measure, or count nor represent the price in any manner calculated or tending to mislead or deceive a person. Whenever an advertised, posted, or labeled price for each unit of weight, measure, or count includes a fraction of a cent, all elements of a fraction must be displayed prominently, and the numerals expressing the fraction must be immediately adjacent to, of the same general design and style as, and at least one-half the height and width of the numerals representing the whole cent.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 66-160; 1971 (57) 241; 1994 Act No. 501, Section 2, eff August 25, 1994.

Effect of Amendment

The 1994 amendment made grammatical changes.