§ 23-18.2-5 - Penalty for violations. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 23-18.2-5

   § 23-18.2-5  Penalty for violations. –(a) Whoever violates the provisions of § 23-18.2-4 shall, upon conviction,be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not morethan five thousand dollars ($5,000).

   (b) In addition to any other penalties imposed for aviolation of the provisions of this chapter or chapter 20 of title 11, anyperson who topples or damages any marker, gravestone, crypt, or columbarium orwho violates the provisions of § 23-18.2-4, shall be required to performfour (4) hours of public community restitution for each marker, gravestone,crypt, or columbarium toppled or damaged or obtained or sold in violation of§ 23-18.2-4, at the location of the cemetery, mortuary or other facilitywhere the desecration or other violation occurred and the public communityrestitution shall not be suspended.