California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 7 — General Business Regulations, Part 2 — Preservation and Regulation of Competition, Chapter 4 — Unfair Trade Practices, Article 3 — Offenses Against the Chapter, Section 17045
The secret payment or allowance of rebates, refunds, commissions, or unearned discounts, whether in the form of money or otherwise, or secretly extending to certain purchasers special services or privileges not extended to all purchasers purchasing upon like terms and conditions, to the injury of a competitor and where such payment or allowance tends to destroy competition, is unlawful.
Notes
Prohibits secretly paying or allowing rebates, refunds, commissions, or unearned discounts, in money or otherwise, or secretly giving selected purchasers services or privileges not extended to purchasers on like terms and conditions, when the conduct injures a competitor and the payment or allowance tends to destroy competition.
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