Delaware § 2118 - Officers to enforce license laws; penalties.

§ 2118. Officers to enforce license laws; penalties.

(a) Every justice of the peace and constable, within such officer’s respective county, whenever such officer has knowledge that any individual, copartnership, firm or corporation or any other association of persons acting as a unit is or are engaged in prosecuting, following or carrying on or practicing or conducting any business, trade, pursuit or occupation mentioned and enumerated in this part without having first obtained a license therefor as required in this part, shall make complaint or cause complaint to be made thereof to the Department of Finance, which shall thereupon proceed according to the provisions of this chapter relative thereto, and the jurisdiction of justices of the peace and constables relative to misdemeanors and offenses shall extend and apply to misdemeanors and offenses created by this part. Every individual, copartnership, firm or corporation or any other association of persons acting as a unit engaged in prosecuting, following or carrying on or practicing or conducting any business, trade, pursuit or occupation mentioned and enumerated in this part, shall, on demand of any officer of the Department of Finance or of any justice of the peace or constable or on demand of any citizen of this State, produce the license therefor; and unless such individual, copartnership, firm or corporation or other association of persons acting as a unit shall so do, it shall be presumptive evidence that such individual, copartnership, firm or corporation or other association of persons acting as a unit, as the case may be, has or have no license.

(b) Whoever, being a justice of the peace, sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable, neglects or refuses to perform the duty required of such officer, as in this section provided, shall be fined in such amount as the court may determine.

(c) Whoever, being a public officer and having made an arrest under this section, accepts or receives any money or reward of any kind, as a condition of releasing the person arrested without prosecution, shall be fined not more than $100, or imprisoned not more than 20 days, or both.

(d) Justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction of offenses under this part.

Code 1915, §  226A;  40 Del. Laws, c. 30, §  1;  Code 1935, §§  206, 206B;  41 Del. Laws, c. 18, §  2;  30 Del. C. 1953, §  2118;  57 Del. Laws, c. 741, §§  10A, 10D;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  78 Del. Laws, c. 266, §  22;  84 Del. Laws, c. 42, § 1;