Section 7-807 - Prohibited acts; criminal penalties.

§ 7-807. Prohibited acts; criminal penalties.
 

(a)  Prohibited acts.- A person may not willfully: 

(1) violate a provision of this title or a regulation adopted by the Commissioner under this title; or 

(2) in a document required to be filed under Subtitle 3 or Subtitle 6 of this title: 

(i) make an untrue statement of a material fact; or 

(ii) omit a material fact that is required in the document or that is necessary to make a statement in the document not misleading. 

(b)  Criminal penalties.- A person that violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 5 years, or both. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 48A, § 500; 1995, ch. 36.]