Section 11-209 - Hiring minor for prohibited purpose.
§ 11-209. Hiring minor for prohibited purpose.
(a) Prohibited.- A person may not hire, employ, or use an individual, if the person knows, or possesses facts under which the person should reasonably know, that the individual is a minor, to do or assist in doing an act described in § 11-203 of this subtitle.
(b) Penalty.- A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:
(1) for a first violation, imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both; and
(2) for each subsequent violation, imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.
[An. Code 1957, art. 27, §§ 420, 424; 2002, ch. 26, § 2; ch. 45.]