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UNAVOIDABLY RESULT IN DECREASED WEIGHT OR MEASURE AND
THAT OCCUR AFTER THE COMMODITY IS INTRODUCED INTO
INTRASTATE COMMERCE,

(II)   EXEMPTIONS AS TO SMALL PACKAGES, AND

(III)   EXEMPTIONS AS TO COMMODITIES PUT UP IN
VARIABLE WEIGHTS OR SIZES FOR SALE INTACT AND EITHER
CUSTOMARILY NOT SOLD AS INDIVIDUAL UNITS OR
CUSTOMARILY WEIGHED OR MEASURED AT TIME OF SALE TO THE
CONSUMER.

(C)   PACKAGES ON WHICH DECLARATION OF UNIT PRICE
REQUIRED.

IN ADDITION TO THE DECLARATIONS REQUIRED BY THIS
SECTION, IF ANY COMMODITY IS IN PACKAGE FORM AND THE
PACKAGE IS ONE OF A LOT CONTAINING RANDOM WEIGHTS,
MEASURES, OR COUNTS OF THE SAME COMMODITY AND BEARING
THE TOTAL SELLING PRICE OF THE PACKAGE, THE COMMODITY
SHALL BEAR ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE PACKAGE A PLAIN AND
CONSPICUOUS DECLARATION OF THE PRICE PER SINGLE UNIT
OF WEIGHT, MEASURE, OR COUNT.

(D)   RULE OR REGULATION TO BE CONSISTENT WITH UNIT
PRICE LAW.

ANY RULE OR REGULATION ADOPTED UNDER THIS SECTION
MAY NOT CONFLICT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CODE AND
RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO UNIT PRICING OF
CONSUMER COMMODITIES.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 97, §19 of the Code. The present
reference to Art. 83, §21E is proposed for
deletion to avoid numerical statutory
cross—references. Instead, a provision is
added to refer to the substance of Art. 83,
§21E. The only other changes made are in
style.

SEC. 11-307. MISLEADING PACKAGES; ADVERTISING PRICE
OF PACKAGED COMMODITY; PROHIBITED QUALIFYING TERMS.

(A) MISLEADING PACKAGES.

A COMMODITY IN PACKAGE FORM MAY NOT BE WRAPPED
DECEPTIVELY OR BE IN A CONTAINER MADE, FORMED, OR
FILLED IN A MANNER THAT MISLEADS THE PURCHASER IN
DETERMINING THE QUANTITY OF THE CONTENTS OF THE
PACKAGE. THE CONTENTS OF A CONTAINER MAY NOT FALL