{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"17045","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17045","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 7. GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS [16000. - 18107.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-7"},{"name":"PART 2. PRESERVATION AND REGULATION OF COMPETITION [16600. - 17365.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-7/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Unfair Trade Practices [17000. - 17101.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-7/part-2/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Offenses Against the Chapter [17040. - 17051.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-7/part-2/chapter-4/article-3"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 526.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The secret payment or allowance of rebates, refunds, commissions, or unearned discounts, whether in the form of money or otherwise, or secretly extending to certain purchasers special services or privileges not extended to all purchasers purchasing upon like terms and conditions, to the injury of a competitor and where such payment or allowance tends to destroy competition, is unlawful.</p>","text":"The secret payment or allowance of rebates, refunds, commissions, or unearned discounts, whether in the form of money or otherwise, or secretly extending to certain purchasers special services or privileges not extended to all purchasers purchasing upon like terms and conditions, to the injury of a competitor and where such payment or allowance tends to destroy competition, is unlawful.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/offenses-against-the-chapter-17045","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}