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                                CHAPTER 15
                 REUSABLE MARKED ARTICLES AND RECEPTACLES

     Sec.
     1501.  Definitions.
     1502.  Effect of registration under prior statutes.
     1511.  Registration of articles or supplies.
     1512.  Amendment.
     1513.  Assignment.
     1514.  Cancellation of registration.
     1515.  Decennial filings required.
     1521.  Paying or accepting of deposit not deemed a sale.
     1522.  Using or removal of identity of receptacle.
     1523.  Laundering articles labeled with mark of owner.
     1524.  Unauthorized use as presumptive evidence.
     1525.  Return of supplies.
     1531.  Penalty.

        Enactment.  Chapter 15 was added December 16, 1982, P.L.1309,
     No.295, effective in 90 days.
        Cross References.  Chapter 15 is referred to in section 6712
     of Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses).
     § 1501.  Definitions.
        The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
     shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
     meanings given to them in this section:
        "Articles or supplies."  Any item which is designed and
     intended for reuse in the normal course of trade by the person
     filing under this chapter and includes towels, coats, aprons,
     uniforms, toilet devices and accessories therefor supplied for
     hire or compensation, and vessels, receptacles and utensils used
     as packages or containers in the sale and distribution of any
     natural or processed product, compound, mixture or substance, or
     any combination thereof, and parts and accessories for such
     vessels, receptacles and utensils.
        "Mark."  Any word, name, symbol, picture, design or device,
     or any combination thereof, produced upon and used by a person
     to indicate ownership of articles and supplies.
        "Produced upon."  Branded, stamped, stenciled, engraved,
     etched, blown, embossed, impressed, embroidered, sewn or
     otherwise permanently placed upon any articles or supplies.
        "Used in this Commonwealth."  A mark is "used in this
     Commonwealth" when such name, mark or device is placed upon
     articles or supplies which are loaned, rented, sold or otherwise
     circulated within this Commonwealth.

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