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§ 6024.705. Criminal penalties

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 P.S. Health and Safety

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 35 P.S. Health and Safety (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 29G. Safe Packaging Act
Chapter 7. Enforcement
35 P.S. § 6024.705
§ 6024.705. Criminal penalties
(a) Summary offense.--Any person who violates any provision of this act or any order issued hereunder shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $1,000 and costs and, in default of the payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than 30 days.
(b) Misdemeanor.--Any person who violates any provision of this act or any order issued under this act commits a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $1,000 but not more than $10,000 per day for each violation or to imprisonment for a period of not more than one year, or both.
(c) Second or subsequent offense.--Any person who, within two years after a conviction of a misdemeanor for any violation of this act, violates any provision of this act or any order issued under this act commits a misdemeanor of the second degree and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $2,500 nor more than $25,000 for each violation or to imprisonment for a period of not more than two years, or both.
(d) Violations to be separate offense.--Each violation of any provision of this act or any order issued under this act shall constitute a separate offense under subsections (a), (b) and (c).

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1994, Dec. 7, P.L. 797, No. 112, § 705, effective in 60 days.
35 P.S. § 6024.705, PA ST 35 P.S. § 6024.705
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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