A. Any person who violates Section 57-1-1 or 57-1-2 NMSA 1978 shall be guilty of a fourth-degree felony and, for conviction thereof, if a person other than an individual, it shall be punished by a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), or, if an individual, imprisonment in the penitentiary for a determinate term of not less than one year nor more than five years, or by the payment of a fine not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or both such imprisonment and fine in the discretion of the court. An indictment must be found or information or complaint must be filed within three years from the time of the violation.
B. No criminal action may be brought against any person for the same violation for which such person has been convicted in a criminal proceeding for violation of the federal antitrust laws.
C. For the purposes of this section, "individual" means a person other than a corporation, business trust, partnership, association or other governmental or legal entity.
History: 1978 Comp., § 57-1-6, enacted by Laws 1979, ch. 374, § 7.
Recompilations. — Laws 1979, ch. 374, § 18, recompiled former 57-1-6 NMSA 1978, relating to penalties, as 57-1-19 NMSA 1978.
Law reviews. — For article, "New Mexico Antitrust Law," see 9 N.M.L. Rev. 339 (1979).
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