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–496– -496§ 2574. Penalties for violation Whoever, without authority granted under this chapter, carries on or about his person any of the arms specified by section 2571 of this title, shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both. § 2575. Disposition of arms possessed by persons convicted of crime I n rendering a judgment of conviction of any misdemeanor or felony in violation of the laws of the Canal Zone, perpetrated in whole or in part by means of any of the arms specified by section 2571 of this title and section 1473 of Title 2, a judge or magistrate may, in addition to imposing the penalty provided by law for each offense, order the confiscation and disposal of the arms and ammunition found in the possession or under the immediate control of the defendant at the time of his arrest or determined to have been used or carried by him in the perpetration of the offense charged. The court may direct, delivery of the arms and ammunition ordered to be confiscated to the chief of the Canal Zone police, or to his successor in title, for official use or any other proper disposition in his discretion. CHAPTER 131—WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Sec. 2601. False weight or measure defined. 2602. Offenses and penalties. § 2601. False weight or measure defined A false weight or measure is one which does not conform to the standard established by the National Bureau of Standards of the Department of Commerce of the United States. § 2602. Offenses and penalties Whoever: (1) uses a weight or measure, or a weighing or measuring instrument, knowing it to be false, by which use another persion is defrauded or otherwise injured; (2) knowingly marks or stamps false or short weight or measure, or false tare, on a cask or package, or knowingly sells or offers for sale a cask or package so marked; (3) fails to give to the purchaser full weight in a sale of sugar, coal, or other commodity, usually sold by the ton or fractional parts thereof; (4) fails to give to the purchaser full weight or measure in a sale of merchandise, wares, article of food or drink, or whatever else is purchased by weight or measure; or (5) in putting up in a ba^ or container of any kind, goods usually sold by weight, places m or conceals therein any other substance or thing whatever, including moisture, except such moisture as may be included or absorbed by the goods or commodity therein during preparation for market or processing in accordance with ordinary commercial practice, for the purpose of increasing the weight or measurement of the container with the intent thereby to sell the goods therein or to enable another person to sell them, for an increased weight or measurement— shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned in jail not more than 30 days, or both.

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