21-2804. Penalties.

21-2804

Chapter 21.--CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Article 28.--TRADING STAMPS

      21-2804.   Penalties.Any person, firm, association or corporation violating either K.S.A. 21-2801or 21-2802 shall be guilty of amisdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than onehundred dollars ($100) for each day said person, firm or corporation isin violation of either of said sections, or be imprisoned in the countyjail for not less than sixty (60) days, or by both such fine andimprisonment, at the discretion of the court: Provided, Thatwhenever a corporation shall violate any provision of either K.S.A. 21-2801or 21-2802, such violation shall bedeemed to be also that of the individual directors, officers, or agentsof such corporation who shall have authorized, ordered, or done any ofthe acts constituting in whole or in part such violation: And providedfurther, That a corporation and its different officers, agents andservants may each be prosecuted separately for violation of anyprovision of either K.S.A. 21-2801 or 21-2802, and the acquittal or convictionof one such officer, agent orservant shall not abate the prosecution of the others. Violators of anyprovision of either K.S.A. 21-2801 or 21-2802 may also be enjoined or oustedfrom the continuing of such violationby proceedings brought by the county attorney of the proper county, orby the attorney general, regardless of whether criminal proceedings havebeen instituted.

      History:   L. 1957, ch. 177, § 4; April 26.