53-7-61 - Criminal penalties for false statement, representation or certification; willful violations. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 53-7-61. Criminal penalties for false statement, representation or certification; willful violations.
 

(1)  Any person who knowingly makes any false statement, representation or certification, or knowingly fails to make any statement, representation or certification in any application, record, report, plan or other document filed or required to be maintained under this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, may be subject to a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). 

(2)  Any person who knowingly violates, or fails or refuses to comply with this chapter, any rule or regulation or written order of the commission adopted or issued under this chapter, or any condition of a permit issued under this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, may be subject to a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). 
 

Sources: Laws,  1977, ch. 476, § 18(4, 5) eff from and after April 15, 1978; Laws, 2002, ch. 492, § 28, eff from and after July 1, 2002.