Alteration or fraudulent use of instrument of weight or measure.
Section 289
SEC. 289. Alteration or fraudulent use of instrument of weight or measure. — Any person who with fraudulent intent alters any scale or balance, weight, or measure after it is officially sealed, or who knowingly uses any false scale or balance, weight, or measure, whether sealed or not, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred pesos nor more than four thousand pesos or by imprisonment for not less than three months nor more than two years, or both. Any person who fraudulently gives short weight or measure in the making of sale, or who fraudulently takes excessive weight or measure in the making of a purchase, or who, assuming to determine truly the weight or measure of any article bought or sold by weight or measure thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred pesos nor more than two thousand pesos or by imprisonment for not less than three months nor more than two years, or both.