Section 11. Civil Penalties.--In addition to any penalties imposed pursuant to this act, the court may, in an action filed by the commissioner, impose the following civil penalties:
(1) for each method of competition, act or practice defined in section 5 of this act and in violation of this act which the person knew or reasonably should have known was such a violation, a penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each violation but not to exceed an aggregate penalty of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in any six month period;
(2) for each method of competition, act or practice defined in section 5 of this act and in violation of this act which the person did not know nor reasonably should have known was such a violation, a penalty of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation but not to exceed an aggregate penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in any six month period; and
(3) for each violation of an order issued by the commissioner pursuant to section 9 of this act, while such order is in effect, a penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).