Sale or Purchase of Cigarette Packages Without Stamps; Fines and Penalties

11 GCA § 6810 — under Tobacco Control Act of 2006.

11 GCA § 6810

(a) A person shall be guilty of a third (3rd) degree felony if the person: (1) is not a licensee, and knowingly possesses, keeps, stores, acquires, or transports three thousand (3,000) or more cigarettes that do not have stamps affixed to the cigarette packages as required by this Article; or (2) knowingly sells one thousand (1,000) or more cigarettes that do not have stamps affixed to the cigarette packages as required by this Article. (b) A person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if the person: (1) is not a licensee, and knowingly possesses, keeps, stores, acquires, or transports one thousand (1,000) or more cigarettes that do not have stamps affixed to the cigarette packages as required by this Article; or (2) knowingly sells less than one thousand (1,000) cigarettes that do not have stamps affixed to the cigarette packages as required by this Article. (c) In addition to any other authorized disposition, a person found in violation of: (1) Subsection (a) is subject to a fine in an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000); and (2) Subsection (b) is subject to a fine in an amount not to exceed Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000). SOURCE: Added by P.L. 34-055:2 (Oct. 14, 2017) as § 6809, renumbered by the Compiler pursuant to the authority of 1 GCA § 1606.

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