§8-7-15. Penalties for violation of provisions of chapter.

If any person to whom or which this chapter applies or any agent, subagent, or representative of such person violates any of the provisions of this chapter or attempts to transact the business of selling or issuing or dispensing checks or the business of receiving money as agent of obligors for the purpose of paying such obligors' bills, invoices, or accounts as a service or for a fee or other consideration without having first obtained a license from the commission pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, such person and each such agent, subagent, or representative shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500, and may also be confined in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than 12 months. Each violation shall constitute a separate offense.

(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 177, p. 2142, §15.)