§ 21-357. Penalty for such contract or purchase.  


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  • Any member of any public body, such as is specified in Section 355 of this title, who shall be a party to any such contract or purchase therein declared unlawful, or who shall receive any money, warrant, certificate, or other consideration thereunder, or who shall vote for or assent to any such contract or purchase, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), and imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty (30) days, or by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), with imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding five (5) years.

R.L. 1910, § 2597.  Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 173, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 91, eff. July 1, 1999.

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NOTE:  Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 173 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.