(a) No person acting as auctioneer shall make any statements which are false in any
particular or which have tendency to mislead any person present, or to make any misrepresentation
whatsoever or at all, as to the quality, quantity, character, present condition, value,
cost, general selling price, or as to whether property is new or secondhand, or partly
so, of any property offered for disposal by auction sale.
(b) No person shall sell or attempt to sell by auction, or advertise for sale by auction,
any goods, wares or merchandise, falsely representing or pretending that such goods,
wares and merchandise are in whole or in part a bankrupt or insolvent stock, or damaged
goods, or goods saved from a fire, or make any false statement as to the previous
history, ownership, quality or character of such goods, wares and merchandise.
(c) No person shall offer for sale at auction any article and induce its purchase
by any bidder, and afterwards substitute any article in lieu of that offered to and
purchased by the bidder, except with the bidder's knowledge and consent. (Orig. Ords.
1191 and 1282).
