Legislation
SECTION 612
Sale and rental of video games and films
General Business (GBS) CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE 29-J
§ 612. Sale and rental of video games and films. 1. No person,
partnership or corporation shall sell or rent at retail or attempt to
sell or rent at retail a video game or film unless a video game rating
or the rating of the motion picture from which the film was copied is
clearly displayed on the outside of the case, jacket or other cover of
the video game or film.
2. This section shall not apply to a "mail order business" as defined
in section three hundred ninety-six-m of this chapter or to any film
which is a reproduction of a motion picture, concert, musical production
or other video event, or any video game, which has not been given a
rating, nor shall it apply to any motion picture or video game which has
been altered subsequent to receiving a rating.
3. A violation of subdivision one of this section shall be punishable
by a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars.
partnership or corporation shall sell or rent at retail or attempt to
sell or rent at retail a video game or film unless a video game rating
or the rating of the motion picture from which the film was copied is
clearly displayed on the outside of the case, jacket or other cover of
the video game or film.
2. This section shall not apply to a "mail order business" as defined
in section three hundred ninety-six-m of this chapter or to any film
which is a reproduction of a motion picture, concert, musical production
or other video event, or any video game, which has not been given a
rating, nor shall it apply to any motion picture or video game which has
been altered subsequent to receiving a rating.
3. A violation of subdivision one of this section shall be punishable
by a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars.