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What is NYC RCNY § 12-18?

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(a) No person shall (1) interfere, or attempt to interfere, with the market manager, his or her staff or the employees of the Commission in the discharge of their functions or interfere with or otherwise obstruct the orderly functioning of the market; (2) interfere, or attempt to interfere with, or otherwise obstruct

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Effective: 11/27/2019Last amended: 11/27/2019

§ 12-18 Prohibited Acts Generally.

RCNY § 12-18

(a)No person shall (1) interfere, or attempt to interfere, with the market manager, his or her staff or the employees of the Commission in the discharge of their functions or interfere with or otherwise obstruct the orderly functioning of the market; (2) interfere, or attempt to interfere with, or otherwise obstruct any operations or property of any other person within the market; (3) take into, carry through, leave in, throw, or discharge into or on any market any rubbish, litter or refuse, except that rubbish, litter or refuse generated within any market may be discarded in receptacles that are specifically designed for such purpose or as otherwise provided for by this subchapter; (4) urinate or defecate in any market, or in or upon any market building or structure, except in a facility that is specifically designed for such purpose; (5) violate any measure imposed by the market manager pursuant to 17 RCNY § 12-17; (6) violate any other order of the market manager issued in accordance with Chapter 1-A of Title 22 of the Code or this subchapter; (7) violate any applicable federal, state or local law or regulation regarding the handling of seafood; (8) make a misrepresentation of any kind with respect to merchandise offered for sale or the take any unfair advantage of a purchaser or any attempt to take such unfair advantage; (9) sell in any market any merchandise that the Commission has prohibited to be sold therein; (10) discharge into or leave in tidal water, sewage or drainage that may result in the pollution of water; (11) perform any act that may tend to damage or clog drains or sewers; (12) provide false or misleading information to the Commission; or (13) in the case of a wholesale, market or other business, continue to employ a person who is required to have but does not possess a valid photo identification card in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, or whose photo identification card has been revoked or suspended.

(b)Where any provision of Chapter 1-A of Title 22 of the Code or this subchapter prohibits or otherwise restricts any activity or conduct of licensees or registrants, the principals, employees and agents of such licensees and registrants, or holders of photo identification cards, such provision also is applicable to applicants for such licenses and registrations, and principals, employees and agents thereof, and applicants for photo identification cards, as the case may be. (Amended City Record 10/28/2019, eff. 11/27/2019)

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