23.18.209    TRUTHFULNESS, COMPLETENESS, AND ACCURACY OF SUBMISSIONS

(1) A wholesaler or tobacco product manufacturer who submits to the Department of Justice a report, invoice, receipt, memoranda, or other record is considered to represent to the Department of Justice, to the best of the wholesaler's or manufacturer's knowledge and belief, that the item is genuine and that its contents, including all statements, claims, and representations contained in the document, are true, complete, accurate and not misleading.

(2) There is an inference that a person who signs or submits a document to the Department of Justice on behalf or in the name of a wholesaler or manufacturer is authorized by the wholesaler or manufacturer to do so and is acting under the wholesaler's or manufacturer's direction.

History: 16-11-508, 16-11-511, MCA; IMP, 16-11-118, 16-11-503, 16-11-507, MCA; NEW, 2004 MAR p. 1323, Eff. 6/4/04.