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Business and Professions Code § 17040

ARTICLE 3. Offenses Against the Chapter

Current as of September 28, 2026Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17040Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 526.

It is unlawful for any person engaged in the production, manufacture, distribution or sale of any article or product of general use or consumption, with intent to destroy the competition of any regular established dealer in such article or product, or to prevent the competition of any person who in good faith, intends and attempts to become such dealer, to create locality discriminations.

Nothing in this section prohibits the meeting in good faith of a competitive price.