California § 1861 - It shall be unlawful for any director, officer, agent, or employee of any corpora
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§ 1861. It shall be unlawful for any director, officer, agent, or employee of any corpora
It shall be unlawful for any director, officer, agent, or employee of any corporation to use or to conspire to use the credit, the funds, or the power of the corporation to fix or control the price of any commodities, and any person violating this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or by both that fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Source: official California text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Public Contract Code - PCC § 1861 cover?
Section 1861 ("It shall be unlawful for any director, officer, agent, or employee of any corpora") is part of the Public Contract Code - PCC, the codified statutory law of California. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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