§ 56:3-20 — Unlawful use or disposition of containers marked with registered name, mark or device

No person or corporation, other than the owner or proprietor, of a name, mark or other device mentioned in section 56:3-15 of this title, shall fill or cause to be filled with any of the articles or products mentioned in said section 56:3-15, or shall sell, buy, give, take, possess, use, dispose of or traffic in, any bottle, container or receptacle enumerated in said section 56:3-15 which is so marked or distinguished with or by any name, mark or device, a description of which has been filed as provided by section 56:3-16 of this title; nor shall any person or corporation deface, obliterate, destroy, cover up, or otherwise remove or conceal any such name, mark or device on any such bottle, container or receptacle, without the written consent of the owner or proprietor thereof, unless the same has been purchased from such owner or proprietor. No person or corporation, to whom or to which any of the articles or products mentioned in section 56:3-15 of this title has been delivered in any of the bottles, containers or receptacles mentioned in said section 56:3-15 by the owners or proprietors thereof, shall be deemed to have violated the provisions of this article by having in his possession any such marked receptacles, unless such person or corporation retains such bottles, containers or receptacles for a period longer than is reasonably necessary after the contents placed therein by the owner or proprietor thereof have been removed therefrom.