§ 21-1516. Devices or plans to procure services - Making, possessing, etc., prohibited - Penalty.

Any individual, corporation or other person who:

(a) makes or possesses any instrument, apparatus, equipment, or device designed, adapted or which can be used

(1) to fraudulently avoid the lawful charge for any telecommunication service in violation of Section 1 of this act; or

(2) to conceal, or to assist another to conceal, from any supplier of telecommunication service or from any lawful authority the existence or place of origin or of destination of any telecommunication; or

(b) sells, gives or otherwise transfers to another, or offers or advertises to sell, give or otherwise transfer, any instrument, apparatus, equipment, or device, described in (a) above, or plans or instructions for making or assembling the same; under circumstances evidencing an intent to use or employ such instrument, apparatus, equipment, or device, or to allow the same to be used or employed, for a purpose described in (a) (1) or (a) (2), above, or knowing or having reason to believe that the same is intended to be so used, or that the aforesaid plans or instructions are intended to be used for making or assembling such instrument, apparatus, equipment, or device; shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be imprisoned not exceeding one (1) year or fined not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both, in the discretion of the court.

Laws 1965, c. 137, § 2, emerg. eff. May 24, 1965.