Section 12-210 - Sentencing - Repeat lottery violation.

§ 12-210. Sentencing - Repeat lottery violation.
 

(a)  Construction of section.- Any recovery of a penalty for a violation of any of the provisions of this subtitle relating to a lottery, whether by indictment or action of debt, or before a justice of the peace before July 5, 1971, or before any court of competent jurisdiction, is considered a first conviction under this section. 

(b)  Enhanced penalty.- A person convicted a second or subsequent time of a violation of any of the provisions of this subtitle relating to a lottery is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 366; 2002, ch. 26, § 2.]