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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
A. The governing authority of the parishes and municipalities of this state are hereby authorized to adopt ordinances to prohibit the sale and offering for sale of products manufactured or produced in any Communist country, any Communist controlled country, or any country which is a satellite of a Communist country, including but not necessarily restricted to products manufactured or produced in any form or manner in the U.S.S.R., Poland, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, North Vietnam, Hungary, Cuba, Bulgaria, East Germany, North Korea, and Red China.
B. Any ordinance adopted pursuant to the authority herein granted may include provisions for enforcement of the ordinance, including criminal penalties for the violation thereof which shall consist of a fine not in excess of five thousand dollars or imprisonment for not to exceed two years in the parish jail, or both a fine and imprisonment not exceeding the limits herein stated.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 33, § 4789. Sale of products from Communist countries - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-33-sect-4789/
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