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Section 44-20-43 Violations as to reports and records.

RI Gen L § 44-20-43 (2019) (N/A)
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§ 44-20-43. Violations as to reports and records. Any person who fails to submit the reports required in this chapter or by the tax administrator under this chapter, or who makes any incomplete, false, or fraudulent report, or who refuses to permit the tax administrator or his or her authorized agent to examine any books, records, papers, or stocks of cigarettes or other tobacco products as provided in this chapter, or who refuses to supply the tax administrator with any other information which the tax administrator requests for the reasonable and proper enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment up to one (1) year, or a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both, for the first offense, and for each subsequent offense, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or be imprisoned not more than five (5) years, or both.

History of Section. (P.L. 1939, ch. 663, § 23, impl. am. P.L. 1940, ch. 875, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 44-20-43; P.L. 1968, ch. 263, art. 8, § 2; P.L. 1978, ch. 167, § 3; P.L. 1986, ch. 103, § 7; P.L. 2007, ch. 246, § 3; P.L. 2007, ch. 250, § 3; P.L. 2017, ch. 302, art. 8, § 15.)

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