N.Y. General Business Law § 229-i: Marking articles made of gold

§ 229-i. Marking articles made of gold. (1) Any person, firm,

corporation or association who or which makes or sells or offers to sell

or dispose of, has in his or its possession with intent to sell or

dispose of, any article of merchandise, except watch cases and flatware,

made in whole or in part of gold or of any alloy of gold and having

stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted thereon, or upon any tag, card

or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in

which the article is encased or enclosed, any mark indicating or

designed or intended to indicate that the gold or alloy of gold in such

article (a) is of a greater degree or karat of fineness by more than

one-half of one karat than the actual quality or fineness of such gold

or alloy, which actual quality or fineness shall be determined by test,

analysis or assay from which there shall be excluded all solder or alloy

of inferior fineness used for brazing or uniting the parts of said

article, or (b) is of a greater degree or karat of fineness by more than

one karat than the actual quality or fineness of such gold or alloy

which actual quality or fineness shall be determined by test, analysis

or assay in which there shall be included all solder or alloy of

inferior fineness used for brazing or uniting the parts of said article,

is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(2) Any person, firm, corporation or association who or which makes or

sells or offers to sell or dispose of, or has in his or its possession

with intent to sell or dispose of any watch case or article of flatware

made in whole or in part of gold or any alloy of gold and having

stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted thereon, or upon any tag, card

or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in

which the article is encased or enclosed, any mark indicating or

designed or intended to indicate that the gold or the alloy of gold in

such article (a) is of a greater degree or karat of fineness by more

than three one-thousandths parts than the actual quality of fineness of

such watch case or article of flatware, which actual quality or fineness

shall be determined by test, analysis or assay from which there shall be

excluded all solder or alloy of inferior fineness used for brazing or

uniting the parts of said article, or (b) is of a greater degree or

karat of fineness by more than one karat than the actual quality or

fineness of such gold or alloy which actual quality or fineness shall be

determined by test, analysis or assay in which there shall be included

all solder or alloy of inferior fineness used for brazing or uniting the

parts of said article, is guilty of a misdemeanor.