Section 20-673. Fraudulent practices prohibited  


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  • It shall be unlawful for any
      person  to  sell  or offer for sale gasoline or other petroleum products
      for use in motor vehicles or motor boats in any manner so as to  deceive
      or  tend  to  deceive  the purchaser as to the price, nature, quality or
      identity thereof; provided, however, that this section shall  not  apply
      to  the  prohibition of deceptive practices involving the representation
      of gasoline for motor vehicles as unleaded, which shall be  governed  by
      the  provisions  of section 20-673.1 of this subchapter and any rules or
      regulations promulgated thereunder, and  provided,  further,  that  this
      section  shall  not  apply  to  the  prohibition  of deceptive practices
      involving the certification, display or  representation  of  the  octane
      rating  of  gasoline  for motor vehicles, which shall be governed by the
      provisions of section 20-673.2 of  this  subchapter  and  any  rules  or
      regulations  promulgated thereunder. It shall be unlawful for any person
      to sell or offer for sale from any pump, dispensing devices or container
      any gasoline or other petroleum products other than  gasoline  or  other
      petroleum  products  manufactured  or distributed by the manufacturer or
      distributor marketing such gasoline or other  petroleum  products  under
      the  name,  trade name, brand, symbol or mark affixed to or contained on
      such pump, dispensing device or container,  or  to  substitute,  mix  or
      adulterate gasoline or other petroleum products sold or offered for sale
      under a name, trade name, brand, symbol or mark.