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Code · Michigan · Chapter 445 — Trade and Commerce

445.256 Wilful violation of act or engaging in recurring course of wilful conduct in violation of act; penalties.

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445.256 Wilful violation of act or engaging in recurring course of wilful conduct in violation of act; penalties.
Sec. 6.
(1)In an action brought under this act, if the court finds that a regulated person has wilfully violated this act, the attorney general, upon petition to the court, may recover, on behalf of the state, a civil fine not exceeding $500.00 per violation.
(2)A regulated person engaging in a recurring course of wilful conduct in violation of this act shall be fined not more than $5,000.00 for the first offense, and not more than $10,000.00, or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both, for a second or subsequent offense.
History: 1981, Act 70, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1981
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