SECTIONS 22780 - California Statutes

FINANCIAL CODE

SECTION 22780

22780. Any person who willfully violates any provision of this
division, or who willfully violates any rule or order adopted
pursuant to this division, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a
fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), by imprisonment
in a county jail for not more than one year or in the state prison,
or by both that fine and imprisonment. However, no person may be
imprisoned for the violation of any rule or order unless he or she
had knowledge of the rule or order. Conviction under this section
shall not preclude the commissioner from exercising the authority
provided in Section 22713.