§ 7-1-7. False representations.
No auctioneer or person present when any personal property is offered for sale shall knowingly, with intent to induce any person to purchase the same or any part thereof, make any false representations or statements as to the ownership of or the character or quality of the property offered for sale or as to the poverty or circumstances of the owner or pretended owner of such property. If such false representation is made by such auctioneer or by any other person with such auctioneer's knowledge, consent or connivance, the license of such auctioneer shall be revoked.
(Code 1964, § 8-1-12)