Criminal and Civil Liabilities of Violators

Criminal and Civil Liabilities of Violators. (a) Any person who violates 4 CMC §§ 5202 or 5203 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $5,000. (b) Any person who is injured in his business, personal property, or real property by reason of another’s violation of 4 CMC §§ 5202 or 5203 may sue therefor in the Commonwealth Trial Court, and may recover three times the damages sustained together with a reasonable attorney’s fee and the costs of suit; provided, that the Commonwealth and any of its political subdivisions and public agencies shall be deemed a person within the meaning of this section, and may, through the Attorney General, bring action on behalf of the Commonwealth, its political subdivisions or public agencies to recover the damages provided by this section, including a reasonable attorney’s fee together with the costs of the suit. Source: 33 TTC § 306. Commission Comment: 33 TTC § 306(3) was dependent upon sections of title 33 of the Trust Territory Code that were repealed by the Commonwealth Legislature; see PL 3-11, § 103(a). Accordingly, the Commission deleted that subsection. Section 4 of PL 6-25, the “Commonwealth Judicial Reorganization Act of 1989,” provides that “[w]herever the term ‘Commonwealth Trial Court’ appears in the Commonwealth Code, it is henceforth to be interpreted and understood to refer to the Commonwealth Superior Court.”