(a) No general vendor shall make any misrepresentations concerning merchandise offered for sale. General vendors shall comply with all applicable provisions of the Consumer Protection Law (Title 20, Chapter 5, Subchapter 1 of the Administrative Code of The City of New York) and regulations promulgated under that law.
(b) All items sold or offered for sale by general vendors shall have conspicuously displayed, at the point of offering for sale, the total selling price exclusive of tax by means
(1) of a stamp, tag or label attached to the item or
(2) a sign at the point of display which indicates the item to which the price refers, provided that this information is plainly visible at the point of display for sale of the items so indicated.
(c) Each general vendor shall offer a consumer a serially numbered receipt for any purchase. The receipt must include:
(1) the date of the purchase;
(2) the total amount of money and tax paid for the purchase;
(3) a description of the item purchased; and
(4) the license number of the vendor;
(5) a statement that complaints can be made to the Department of Consumer Affairs, (Insert the Department's current address and telephone number).
(d) Each vendor shall retain a duplicate copy of each receipt for the day which shall be produced for inspection upon request by police or other New York City personnel. The receipts shall be presented for review to the Department by the general vendor upon request, and the previous two years' receipts shall be produced when applying for renewal of a license.