§ 63-1-1604. Violations - Penalties - Exemptions.

(a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of Section 1603 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall on conviction thereof be subject to a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or to imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or both; but for offenses committed with intent to defraud or mislead, or for second and subsequent offenses, the penalty shall be imprisonment for not more than one year, or a fine of not more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or both such imprisonment and fine.

(b) No person shall be subject to the penalties of subsection (a) of this section (1) for having violated Section 1603(c), if the receipt, delivery, or proffered delivery of the hazardous substance was made in good faith, unless he refuses to furnish, on request of an officer or employee duly designated by the State Commissioner of Health, the name and address of the person from whom he purchased or received such hazardous substance, and copies of all documents, if any there be, pertaining to the delivery of the hazardous substance to him; or (2) for having violated Section 1603(a), if he establishes a guaranty or undertaking signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person residing in the United States from whom he received in good faith the hazardous substance, to the effect that the hazardous substance is not in misbranded packages within the meaning of that term in this article; or (3) for having violated subsection (a) or (c) of Section 1603 in respect of any hazardous substance shipped or delivered for shipment for export to any foreign country, in a package marked for export on the outside of the shipping container and labeled in accordance with the specifications of the foreign purchaser and in accordance with the laws of the foreign country, but, if such hazardous substance is sold or offered for sale in domestic commerce, this clause shall not apply.

Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 16, § 1604.