Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64C, § 16
Fair competition; prices
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Section 16. Any retailer or wholesaler may advertise, offer to sell or sell cigarettes at a price made in good faith to meet the prices of a competitor who is selling the same article at cost to him as a wholesaler or retailer. The prices of cigarettes advertised, offered for sale or sold under the exemptions specified in section fifteen shall not be considered the price of a competitor and used as a basis for establishing prices below cost, nor shall prices established at bankrupt sales be considered as prices of a competitor within the purview of the first sentence of this section.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 64C-2E · Sale of cigarettes in violation of testing and performance…
- 64C-2F · Fire Prevention and Public Safety Fund
- 64C-3-4 · Repealed, 1976, 415, Sec. 107
- 64C-5 · Records and statements required of vendors and purchasers
- 64C-5A · Collection of excises imposed on residents purchasing…
- 64C-6 · Payment of excise; reports and examination of records of…
- 64C-7 · Repealed, 1976, 415, Sec. 107; 1996, 450, Sec. 115
- 64C-7A · Additional cigarette excise tax; credit to Children's and…
- 64C-7B · Cigars and smoking tobacco; payment and rate of excise tax;…
- 64C-7C · Additional payment of excise; credit to Health Protection Fund
- 64C-7D · Personal and individual liability to commonwealth upon failure…
- 64C-7E · Electronic nicotine delivery systems; definitions; excise…
- 64C-8 · Prosecution for illegal possession, etc.
- 64C-9 · Repealed, 1976, 415, Sec. 107
- 64C-10 · Regulation of vending machines; penalties for particular…
- 64C-11 · Records and reports of purchases and sales; investigation,…
- 64C-12 · Selling price; ''loss-leaders'' prohibited
- 64C-13 · Definitions of cost and sale terms
- 64C-14 · Unfair competition; penalty
- 64C-15 · Application of act to unusual sales
- 64C-16 · Fair competition; prices
- 64C-17 · Illegal contracts
- 64C-18 · Fictitious prices; discounts
- 64C-19 · Invoice cost of goods purchased at forced sales
- 64C-20 · Cost survey as evidence
- 64C-21 · Liability of agents aiding violations
- 64C-22-to-25 · Repealed, 1976, 415, Sec. 107
- 64C-26 · Police power
- 64C-27 · Severability clause
- 64C-28 · Disposition of sums received
- 64C-29 · Payment of tax through use of adhesive stamps
- 64C-30 · Stamper; purchase and use of stamps; appointment;…
- 64C-31 · Redemption of unused or mutilated stamps, etc.
- 64C-32 · Repealed, 1976, 415, Sec. 107
- 64C-33 · Unstamped cigarettes or stamps; prohibition of sale, etc.;…
- 64C-33A · Packages containing fewer than 20 cigarettes; stamps;…
- 64C-34 · Possession, sale, etc., of unstamped cigarettes; penalty;…
- 64C-35 · Possession or transportation of unstamped cigarettes; penalty;…
- 64C-36 · Possession or transportation of unstamped cigarettes;…
- 64C-37 · Forgery, alteration, etc., of excise stamps; unauthorized use…