A.    No auctioneer or any person conducting, managing or carrying on an auction sale shall use any person as a false bidder for the purpose of increasing the price of any article offered for sale at such auction.

    B.    No person shall make a false bid or any other bid than a bona fide bid at any auction sale, or act as a by-bidder or what is commonly known as "capper," "booster" or "shiller" at any auction or place where personal property is sold, held or offered for sale at auction; or shall offer or make false bids on any personal property held or offered for sale at such auction, or pretend to buy any personal property at any auction sale in order to, in any manner, stimulate such sales by any deceit or misrepresentation in the making of bids or offers for the purchase of any personal property held or offered for sale at such auction. (Prior code § 3-16)