§ 6-36-16 — § 6-36-16. Criminal penalties — Consent decrees.

Rhode Island § 6-36-16

• Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
• Title 6: Commercial Law – General Regulatory Provisions
• Ch. 6-36: Antitrust Law

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§ 6-36-16. Criminal penalties — Consent decrees.

(a) Fines and penalties. Any person or corporation, or any officer or agent of any person or corporation, who shall knowingly violate the provisions of this chapter or knowingly aid in or advise a violation, or who, as principal, manager, director, stockholder owning ten percent (10%) or more of the aggregate outstanding capital stock of all classes of the corporation, agent, servant, or employee, knowingly does any act comprising part of a violation, is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one million dollars ($1,000,000) if a corporation, or, if a natural person, by not more than three (3) years imprisonment or by a fine of not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), or both imprisonment and fine, in the discretion of the court.

(b) Consent decrees. The attorney general may petition the court for entry of a consent decree dismissing any criminal prosecution under this chapter, but the court shall review the proceeding to determine whether entry of a consent decree dismissing any criminal prosecution is in the public interest.

Legislative History

P.L. 1979, ch. 98, § 1.