§ 83-117. Offenses - Punishment - Contempt.

Any person who uses any measuring device which does not meet or comply with the tests, standards, specifications, rules and regulations of the Commission, or any person who tampers with, alters, or molests any sign, label, seal, or lock mentioned in Section 3 of this act, without having first secured an order permitting the removal of such sign, label, seal, or lock, as provided in Section 3, or any person who violates any rule or regulation of the Commission promulgated under authority of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or both such fine and imprisonment; and in addition thereto, shall be guilty of contempt of the orders, rules and regulations of the Commission, and shall be subject to a fine by said Commission for such contempt in a sum not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00); and each day on which any person, firm, or corporation violates any of such orders, rules, and regulations shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense.

Added by Laws 1951, p. 143, § 7, emerg. eff. May 29, 1951.