§ 4-11 Cancellation of Stamps.
RCNY § 4-11
(a)All adhesive stamps must be cancelled in waterproof ink with the number assigned to each authorized agent before the cigarettes to which said stamps are affixed are offered for sale. The stamps may be cancelled before or after they are affixed.
(b)It is evident that, because of their nature and the fact that they carry the identifying number of the agent, meter stamps required no cancellation.
(c)Whenever any cigarettes are found in the place of business of a dealer other than an agent without the stamps affixed and cancelled the prima facie presumption shall arise that such cigarettes are kept therein in violation of the provisions of the law.
(d)Each dealer, other than an agent, in the city shall immediately upon the receipt of any cigarettes at his place of business mark in ink on each unopened box, carton or other container of such cigarettes the word "received", and the year, month, day and hour of such receipt, and shall affix his signature thereto. In addition, each retail dealer shall within twenty-four hours after receipt of any cigarettes, open such box, carton or other container and, unless such stamps have been previously affixed, immediately notify the dealer from whom he purchased such cigarettes and arrange for the replacement by the dealer of such cigarettes by cigarettes with such stamps affixed within twenty-four hours. Such dealer shall make and keep, until the cigarettes are replaced, a record of the time at which such arrangements were made and the name of the individual representing the dealer with whom such arrangements were made.
(e)Whenever any cigarettes are found in the place of business of a dealer other than an agent without being marked as having been received within the preceding twenty-four hours, the prima facie presumption shall arise that such cigarettes are kept therein in violation of the provisions of the law.
