False declaration, statements, etc

Any person who, in any place or area by any means whatsoever, whether direct or indirect, makes any false, incorrect or untrue declaration or statement knowing the same to be false, incorrect or untrue as the case maybe, in relation to the number, quantity, measure, gauge or weight of any goods or articles in connection with their purchase, sale, weighing or a measurement, or in the computation of any charges for 28 services rendered on the basis of weight or measure, or who sells, or causes to be sold, or delivers or causes to be delivered, to a purchaser anything by weight or measure short of quantity demanded of or represented by the seller, is guilty of an offence and shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.