§ 56:3-49 — Penalty for violation of article

Any person who shall violate the provisions of section 56:3-48 of this title, or who shall, without the written consent of the owner, sell, dispose of, buy or traffic in, mar or erase the brands or marks on, willfully break, destroy or otherwise injure, fill or use for any other purpose than the sale of the original contents of any of such baskets or other packages, shall be liable to a penalty of twenty dollars, with costs, for each and every offense; which penalty may be sued for and recovered with costs, by any person in any court of competent jurisdiction.