§ 2520 — Failure to respond; order; penalties

If any person fails to respond to any investigative demand issued by the Attorney General under § 2514 of this title, the Attorney General may, after due notice, apply to the court which authorized the issuance of the demand for an order, and the court, after a hearing on said application, may enter an order:

(1) Requiring said person to respond to the demand;

(2) Granting injunctive relief restraining any practice or act declared by this chapter to be unlawful;

(3) Vacating, annulling or suspending the corporate charter of a corporation created by or under the laws of this State or revoking or suspending the certificate of authority to do business in this State of a foreign corporation, or revoking or suspending any other licenses, permits or certificates issued pursuant to law to such person which are used to further the allegedly unlawful practice;

(4) Adjudging such person in contempt of court; and

(5) Granting such other relief or imposing any other penalty or fine as may be determined by the court in its discretion to be appropriate to obtain compliance with the Attorney General’s investigative demand.

Legislative History

6 Del. C. 1953, § 2520; 55 Del. Laws, c. 46 ; 71 Del. Laws, c. 470, § 5