Section 89-P. Violations and penalties  


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  • Any person who is employed as a
      security guard or who acts as a  security  guard  in  violation  of  the
      provisions of section eighty-nine-g of this article or who knowingly and
      wilfully  makes material misstatements in the application for or renewal
      of his or her  registration  card  or  who  permits  or  authorizes  the
      employment  of  a  person  as  a  security  guard  in  violation  of the
      provisions of section eighty-nine-g of  this  article  or  any  security
      guard  company  which  employs  a  security  guard  in  violation of the
      provisions of section eighty-nine-g of this article shall be guilty of a
      misdemeanor which, upon conviction, shall be punishable  by  a  term  of
      imprisonment not to exceed six months, or by a fine of not more than one
      thousand  dollars,  or by both such fine and imprisonment upon the first
      conviction and by a term of imprisonment not to exceed one year or by  a
      fine  of  not  less  than  one  thousand  dollars  and not to exceed two
      thousand five hundred dollars or by both such fine and imprisonment upon
      a subsequent conviction. Any person who  shall  knowingly  and  wilfully
      fail   to  surrender  his  or  her  registration  card  as  required  by
      subdivision seven of section eighty-nine-l  of  this  article  shall  be
      guilty  of  a  violation  punishable by a fine not to exceed two hundred
      fifty dollars in addition to any other penalty prescribed by  law.  Each
      violation of this article shall be deemed a separate offense.