Criminal Penalties

Criminal Penalties. (a) Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any provision of this chapter or any regulation issued by a casino commission shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not less than $10,000 nor more than $100,000, or be imprisoned for not more than three years, or both. (b) Any penalty imposed under this section shall be in addition to any civil penalty or other sanction imposed by or pursuant to this chapter. Source: PL 18-38 § 5(104) (Mar. 21, 2014), modified; amended by PL 1843 § 5 (Apr. 1, 2014), modified; repealed by PL 18-56 § 2 and reenacted by PL 18-56 § 7(2304) (July 11, 2014). Commission Comment: The Commission substituted “this chapter” for “this Act” pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(d). Section 5 of PL 18-43 stated, “Subsection (c) is designated as Subsection (b).” However, PL 18-43 did not expressly repeal former subsection (b). As former subsection (b) was duplicative of the amended subsection (a), the Commission struck former subsection (b) and replaced it with former subsection (c). PL 18-56 resolved this issue by repealing and reenacting the section.