SECTIONS 31410-31412 - California Statutes

CORPORATIONS CODE

SECTION 31410-31412

31410. Any person who willfully violates any provision of this law,
or who willfully violates any rule or order under this law, shall
upon conviction be fined not more than one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000) or imprisoned in the state prison, or in a county jail for
not more than one year, or be punished by both that fine and
imprisonment; but no person may be imprisoned for the violation of
any rule or order if he or she proves that he or she had no knowledge
of the rule or order.

31411. Any person who willfully employs, directly or indirectly,
any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud in connection with the
offer or sale of any franchise or willfully engages, directly or
indirectly, in any act, practice, or course of business which
operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person in
connection with the offer, purchase, or sale of any franchise shall
upon conviction be fined not more than one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000) or imprisoned in the state prison, or in a county jail for
not more than one year, or be punished by both that fine and
imprisonment.

31412. Nothing in this law limits the power of the state to punish
any person for any conduct which constitutes a crime under any other
statute.