Hawaii Revised Statutes 482d. Gold and Silver Stamping

• 482d-1 Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: "Article" or "article of merchandise" means any goods, wares, works of art, commodities, or other things which may be...
• 482d-2 Importation or Manufacture of Falsely Marked Gold or Silver Articles Prohibited.
  It shall be unlawful for any person being a manufacturer or dealer of or in wholesale or retail in gold or silver articles to...
• 482d-3 Standard of Fineness of Gold Articles; Deviation.
  The actual fineness of gold or alloy shall not be less by more than .003 parts than the fineness indicated by the mark stamped...
• 482d-4 Standard of Fineness of Silver Articles; Deviation.
  (a) The actual variation of fineness of silver or alloy of articles made in whole or in part of silver or its alloys shall...
• 482d-5 Identifying Plated Articles; Words "Gold", "Karat Gold", "Solid Gold", "Ster", "Sterling", "Sterling Silver", or "Coin Silver" Forbidden.
  No article made in whole or in part of an inferior metal, having deposited or plated thereon or brazed or otherwise affixed thereto a...
• 482d-6 Quality Marks; Identifying Trademarks.
  (a) No article of merchandise bearing a quality or fineness mark made in whole or in part of gold or silver or of an...
• 482d-7 Violation of Fineness Standards and Stamping Requirements.
  (a) A person commits a criminal offense if the person is a manufacturer or dealer of gold or silver articles of merchandise and the...
• 482d-8 Violation of Trademarking Requirement.
  Any person, being a manufacturer or dealer of gold or silver articles of merchandise, who sells or possesses articles which are not stamped with...
• 482d-9 Contraband; Forfeiture.
  (a) It is unlawful for any manufacturer or dealer to possess any article of merchandise found to be in violation of section 482D-3, 482D-4,...
• 482d-10 Injunctive Relief and Suits.
  (a) Any competitor, customer, or competitor of a customer of any person in violation of this chapter, or any subsequent purchaser of an article...
• 482d-11 Jurisdiction of Civil Actions.
  The circuit courts shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of any civil action arising under the provisions of this chapter. [L 1990, c 343, pt...

Last modified: October 27, 2016