§ 6-17-2 - Penalties for violations. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 6-17-2

   § 6-17-2  Penalties for violations. –Any person who makes or offers to make any contract defined in § 6-17-1,or who is the keeper of any bucket shop, shall, upon conviction, be punished bya fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment for notmore than one year. Any person who shall be convicted of a second offense shallbe punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years. The continuing ofthe keeping of a bucket shop, by any person, after the first conviction, shallbe deemed a second offense under this chapter.