Section 25-A4721. JUDICIAL - CRIMINAL PENALTIES, INJUNCTIVE RELIEF, AND IMPRISONMENT

 

4721.1Any person who knowingly violates any provision of this Code shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), imprisonment not to exceed one (1) year or both for each violation.  Each day of any failure to comply with this Code shall constitute a separate offense and the penalties prescribed in this section shall apply to each separate offense in accordance with An Act Relating to the adulteration of foods and drugs in the District of Columbia, approved February 17, 1898, (30 Stat. 246; D.C. Official Code §§ 48-101, et seq. (2009 Repl. & 2011 Supp.)).

 

authority

Sections 4 and 10 of An Act Relating to the adulteration of foods and drugs in the District of Columbia, approved February 17, 1898 (30 Stat. 246; D.C. Official Code §§ 48-104 and 48-110 (2009 Repl.)); Section 7 of An Act Making Appropriations to provide for the expenses for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes (32 Stat.627; D.C. Official Code § 47-2834(a)(1), (a)(2), and (b) (2005 Repl.)); and Mayor’s Order 98-139, dated August 20, 1998, and Mayor’s Order 2002-103, dated June 18, 2002.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 4394 (June 6, 2003), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 6184, 6369 (July 5, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012).