(1) Any person who shall violate any provisions or requirements of this article, or of the rules and regulations made or of any notice given pursuant thereto or shall forge, counterfeit, deface, destroy or wrongfully use any certificate provided for herein or in the rules and regulations made pursuant thereto, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court having jurisdiction.(2) In addition to the criminal penalty imposed under subsection (1) of this section, each violation of this article or the applicable rules and regulations established by the commissioner pertaining hereto shall subject the violator to administrative action as provided in Sections 69-25-51 through 69-25-63.Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 6382q; 1930, § 6972; 1942, § 4993; Laws, 1920, ch. 252; Laws, 1971, ch. 446, § 16 eff. 7/1/1971; Laws, 2003, ch. 401, § 15; Laws, 2012, ch. 502, § 1, eff. 7/1/2012.
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