Rhode Island § 39-3-21 § 39-3-21. Penalty for false statements.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 39-3-21 — § 39-3-21. Penalty for false statements.

Rhode Island § 39-3-21

Title 39Public Utilities and Carriers

Ch. 39-3Regulatory Powers of Administration

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-3-21 (2026).

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§ 39-3-21. Penalty for false statements.
Any director, president, secretary, manager, officer, or other official of any public
            utility who shall knowingly make any false statement to secure the issue of any stock,
            bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness, or who shall, by such false statement,
            procure the order of the division for the issue of any stock, bond, note, or other
            evidence of indebtedness, or issue with knowledge of fraud, negotiate, or cause to
            be negotiated, any stock, bond, or other evidence of indebtedness in violation of
            §§ 39-3-15 — 39-3-23 shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500),
    

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§ 39-3-21. Penalty for false statements.

Any director, president, secretary, manager, officer, or other official of any public utility who shall knowingly make any false statement to secure the issue of any stock, bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness, or who shall, by such false statement, procure the order of the division for the issue of any stock, bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness, or issue with knowledge of fraud, negotiate, or cause to be negotiated, any stock, bond, or other evidence of indebtedness in violation of §§ 39-3-15 — 39-3-23 shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500), or be imprisoned in the adult correctional institutions for not less than one year nor more than ten (10) years.