(35 ILCS 105/7) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.7)
Sec. 7.
It is unlawful for any retailer to advertise or hold out or state to the
public or to any purchaser, consumer or user, directly or indirectly, that
the tax or any part thereof imposed by Section 3 hereof will be assumed or
absorbed by the retailer or that it will not be added to the selling price
of the property sold, or if added that it or any part thereof will be
refunded other than when the retailer refunds the selling price and tax
because of the merchandise's being returned to the retailer or other than
when the retailer credits or refunds the tax to the purchaser to support a
claim filed with the Department under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act or
under this Act. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Section
within this State shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 77-2830.)
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