§ 6-14-13 - Penalty for violations generally.
SECTION 6-14-13
§ 6-14-13 Penalty for violationsgenerally. – Any person who shall hold, conduct, or carry on any sale of goods, wares, ormerchandise under the description of "closing out sale", "going out of businesssale", "discontinuance of business sale", "selling out", "liquidation", "lostour lease", "must vacate", "forced out", "removal", or other designation oflike meaning, or a sale of goods, wares, and merchandise damaged by fire,smoke, water, or otherwise, contrary to the provisions of this chapter, or whoshall violate any of the provisions of this chapter, shall be deemed guilty ofa misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined in the sum of not less thanfifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or shall beimprisoned for not less than ten (10) days nor more than six (6) months, orboth, within the discretion of the court. In lieu of or in addition to thepenalty previously provided in this section, the court may order the defendantto pay to the court a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for thepurpose of paying for an advertisement, prepared by the department of theattorney general, for placement in Rhode Island newspapers, pointing out theviolation(s) of this chapter as presented in the false advertising, providedthat the advertisement shall not indicate the name or address of the personconvicted under the provisions of this chapter.