§ 6-36-16 - Criminal penalties – Consent decrees. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 6-36-16

   § 6-36-16  Criminal penalties –Consent decrees. – (a) Fines and penalties. Any person or corporation, or any officer oragent of any person or corporation, who shall knowingly violate the provisionsof this chapter or knowingly aid in or advise a violation, or who, asprincipal, manager, director, stockholder owning ten percent (10%) or more ofthe aggregate outstanding capital stock of all classes of the corporation,agent, servant, or employee, knowingly does any act comprising part of aviolation, is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine not exceedingone million dollars ($1,000,000) if a corporation, or, if a natural person, bynot more than three (3) years imprisonment or by a fine of not more than onehundred thousand dollars ($100,000), or both imprisonment and fine, in thediscretion of the court.

   (b) Consent decrees. The attorney general may petitionthe court for entry of a consent decree dismissing any criminal prosecutionunder this chapter, but the court shall review the proceeding to determinewhether entry of a consent decree dismissing any criminal prosecution is in thepublic interest.