Any person, either as agent or principal, who enters into or assists in making any contracts of sale of the sort of character denounced by Section 564 of this title for the future delivery of cotton, grain, stocks or other commodities, or who maintains or operates a bucket shop as that term is defined in Section 565 of this title, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or be imprisoned in the State Penitentiary not exceeding two (2) years, and any person who shall be guilty of a second offense under this statute in addition to the penalty above prescribed may, upon conviction, be both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court, and if a corporation, it shall be liable to forfeiture of all its rights and privileges as such, and the continuance of such establishment after the first conviction shall be deemed a second offense. It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to institute proceedings for the forfeiture of the charter of any corporation making itself liable to such forfeiture under the provisions of this act.
Added by Laws 1917, c. 97, p. 148, § 7. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 133, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 60, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 133 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
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