Section 16-9-50 - Deceptive business practices(a) A person commits the offense of using a deceptive business practice when in the regular course of business he knowingly: (1) Uses or possesses for use a false weight or measure or any other device for falsely determining or recording any quality or quantity;(2) Sells, offers, or exposes for sale or delivers less than the represented quality or quantity of any commodity; or(3) Takes or attempts to take more than the represented quantity of any commodity when as buyer he furnishes the weight or measure.(b) Any person who commits the offense of using a deceptive business practice shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.