Okla. Stat. tit. 15, § 15-653

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Purchase or sale other than in regular course of trade or

Official statutory text

business - Sales to employees.

No person in this state shall, by any method or procedure,

directly or indirectly, by itself or through any subsidiary agency

owned or controlled in whole or in part by such person, purchase, or

exhibit catalogs for the purchase of, any articles, material,

product or merchandise of whatever nature in the name of or on the

credit of such person, or at special discounts available to such

person, for any other purpose than for use or resale in the regular

course of business of such person, or sell, cause to be sold,

procure for sale or have in its possession or under its control for

sale to its employees any article, material, product or merchandise

of whatever nature not of its own production or not handled in its

regular course of trade or business; provided that nothing in this

act is intended or shall be construed as prohibiting the giving of

any such article, material, product or merchandise as an incentive,

award or gift; provided further, that this section shall not apply

to purchases by a person for the purpose of resale or gratuity to

its employees of tools, products and paraphernalia which are

consumed, used or worn by employees in the performance of such

employees' regular duties in such trade or business and are

beneficial to the health, safety and working conditions of such

employees.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 15. Contracts Page 123

No person shall permit the use of its name, credit, facilities,

or the services of its employees, nor shall such person in any way

promote or sponsor the sale, offer of sale, or assistance in

negotiating or completing a sale to its employees through such

person at wholesale prices of any such merchandise not manufactured,

produced or customarily dealt in or handled by such person in the

regular course of its business; provided that nothing in this act is

intended or shall be construed as prohibiting any person qualified

under the laws of Oklahoma as a public service corporation from

promoting or sponsoring through established advertising media the

use and sale or equipment utilizing the product or service supplied

to the public by such person, or assisting established retail

dealers in the promotion of the sale and use of such equipment.

Provided however that nothing contained herein shall affect those

relationships existing between the producer of crops or livestock

and the person or persons supplying said producer with the means of

producing same.

No person engaged in the sale of merchandise shall misrepresent

the true nature of such business in any form of advertising by the

use of the words manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer, or

otherwise, either in sales in its regular course of business or

sales to its employees.

Nothing in this act shall ever abridge or impair the right of

any person to freely contract with any other person concerning any

matter not prohibited hereby or by any other civil or criminal laws

of this state; and further, nothing in this act shall prohibit any

person from enjoying the rights guaranteed by Section 2 of Article

II of the Constitution; nor shall any person by this act be denied

the right to freely speak and write upon all subjects as guaranteed

by Section 22, Article II of the Constitution.

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