168-T - Penalty.

§  168-t.  Penalty. Any sex offender required to register or to verify  pursuant to the provisions of this article  who  fails  to  register  or  verify  in  the  manner and within the time periods provided for in this  article shall be guilty of a class E  felony  upon  conviction  for  the  first  offense,  and  upon conviction for a second or subsequent offense  shall be guilty of a class D felony. Any sex offender who  violates  the  provisions of section one hundred sixty-eight-v of this article shall be  guilty  of  a class A misdemeanor upon conviction for the first offense,  and upon conviction for a second or subsequent offense shall  be  guilty  of  a class D felony. Any such failure to register or verify may also be  the basis for revocation of  parole  pursuant  to  section  two  hundred  fifty-nine-i  of  the  executive  law  or  the  basis  for revocation of  probation pursuant to article four hundred ten of the criminal procedure  law.