(a) Any dealer or other person who shall, without being the holder of a proper unexpired dealer's license or vending machine license properly affixed as required by this article, engage in the business of purchasing, selling, stamping, distributing or in any other manner directly or indirectly engaging in the business of dealing with cigarettes for profit shall be in violation of this article and, upon conviction in a summary proceeding, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), costs of prosecution or to suffer imprisonment for a term of not more than thirty days, or both, at the discretion of the court.

(b) Open display of cigarettes in any manner shall be prima facie evidence that the person displaying such cigarettes is directly or indirectly engaging in the business of dealing with cigarettes for profit.