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(a) Any person violating any of the provisions of this act or definitions and standards of identity, rules or regulations made pursuant thereto shall, for the first or second offense upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25), nor more than one hundred dollars ($100), and costs of prosecution, or in default of such fine and costs in the case of an individual, or the officers and members of an association, partnership or corporation, to undergo an imprisonment in the county jail of not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days, and for a third or subsequent offense within two years shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1000), or in the case of an individual or the officers and members of an association, partnership or corporation, to undergo an imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.
All fines and penalties imposed and recovered for the violation of the provisions of this act shall be paid into the State Treasury through the Department of Revenue and credited to the General Fund.
(b) The Attorney General, at the request of the department, may in the name of the Commonwealth institute proceedings for the purpose of enjoining the conduct of business in this Commonwealth contrary to the provisions of this act.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 31 P.S. Food § 417-10. Violations; punishment; injunction - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-31-ps-food/pa-st-sect-31-417-10/
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