Any person who violates any of the provisions of §§ 5-22-4 — 5-22-17 and any person who knowingly permits that violation in any building, described in § 5-22-17, belonging to him or her or under his or her control, shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or be imprisoned not exceeding one year, or shall be punished by both the fine and imprisonment. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 103, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 124, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 129, § 4; P.L. 1927, ch. 1042, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 362, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 5-22-18.
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