Section 24-269. Criminal penalties


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  • (a) Any person who shall knowingly make a
      false  statement or who shall knowingly falsify or allow to be falsified
      any certification, registration, form, signed statement, application  or
      report  required  under  the  provisions  of  this  code  or  regulation
      promulgated by the commissioner or  the  board  shall  be  guilty  of  a
      misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of
      not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or
      by imprisonment not to exceed five months, or both.
        (b)  Any  person,  other than a corporation, who violates any order of
      the commissioner or the board or any provision of section 24-245 of this
      code or who illegally breaks a seal on equipment, upon conviction  shall
      be  punished  for  each offense by a fine of not less than fifty dollars
      nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than
      thirty days or by both.
        Any corporation which violates any order of the  commissioner  or  the
      board  or  any  provision  of  section  24-245  of  this  code, or which
      illegally causes a seal to be broken, upon conviction shall be  punished
      for each offense by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more
      than two thousand dollars.
        Every  day  during  which such violation occurs constitutes a separate
      offense.
        (c) Any person, other than a corporation, convicted of willful failure
      to pay a civil penalty imposed by the board pursuant to  section  24-257
      of  this  code  shall  be punished by a fine of double the amount of the
      civil penalty imposed by the board, or by imprisonment for not more than
      sixty days, or by both.
        Any corporation convicted of a wilful failure to pay a  civil  penalty
      imposed  by  the  board pursuant to section 24-257 of this code shall be
      punished by a fine of double the amount of the civil penalty imposed  by
      the board, but not more than two thousand dollars.
        (d)  The  failure  of any person or corporation against whom an action
      has been brought to collect a civil penalty pursuant to subdivision  (b)
      of section 24-267 of this code, who has been found liable by a court for
      such  civil penalty and who does not pay such penalty after the judgment
      of such becomes final, shall be deemed guilty of a  willful  failure  to
      pay a civil penalty.
        (e)  Any  person  convicted of violating any of the provisions of this
      code or any regulation of the board not otherwise provided for  by  this
      section  shall  be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor
      more than five hundred dollars for the first offense, or by imprisonment
      for twenty days, or both; and by a fine of not  less  than  one  hundred
      dollars  nor  more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not
      more than thirty days, or both, for a second offense; and by a  fine  of
      not  less than four hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars,
      or by imprisonment for not more than four months or both for a third  or
      subsequent offense.
        (f)  Twenty-five  percent of any fine that is imposed pursuant to this
      section may be paid to the person or persons  giving  information  which
      shall lead to conviction.