N.J.S.A. 40:48-8.20 — Ordinance; provisions required

40:48-8.20. Ordinance; provisions required Every ordinance imposing a tax under the authority of this act shall contain the following provisions: (a) all taxes imposed by such ordinance shall be paid by the purchaser; (b) no vendor shall assume or absorb any tax imposed by such ordinance; (c) no vendor shall in any manner advertise or in any manner represent that any tax imposed by such ordinance will be assumed or absorbed by him; (d) each such assumption or absorption by any vendor of any such tax shall be deemed a separate offense and each such representation and each such advertisement by any vendor, each day the same shall continue, shall be deemed a separate offense; (e) penalties, as fixed in such ordinance, for violation of the foregoing provisions. L.1947, c. 71, p. 433, s. 6, eff. April 19, 1947.

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