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Any person, whether a participant in the Food Stamp Program or not, who presents or causes food stamps to be presented for payment or redemption in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100) or more, knowing that they have been received, transferred or used in violation of the Federal Food Stamp Act and/or the Federal Department of Agriculture or of any regulation approved by virtue of said act in any way, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of not more than five (5) years nor less than six (6) months or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) nor less than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both penalties at the discretion of the court.Any person, whether a participant in the Food Stamp Program or not, who presents or causes stamps to be presented for payment or redemption in an amount less than one hundred dollars ($100), knowing that they have been received, transferred or used in violation of the Federal Food Stamp Act or of any regulations approved by virtue of said act in any way, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of not more than six (6)

Stamp Act or of any regulations approved by virtue of said act in any way, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of not more than six (6) months nor less than thirty (30) days, or a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) nor less than one hundred dollars ($100), or both penalties at the discretion of the court. History —July 23, 1974, No. 137, Part 1, p. 642, added as § 3 on May 27, 1980, No. 52, p. 140, § 2.