Georgia § 10-1-163 - Penalty for violating Code Section 10-1-162; individual liability.
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§ 10-1-163. Penalty for violating Code Section 10-1-162; individual liability.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of Code Section 10-1-162 for preventing deception, substitution, and misbranding of liquid fuel, oil, grease, and similar products shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. If any partnership, firm, association, joint-stock company, syndicate, or corporation violates any of the provisions of Code Section 10-1-162, every director, officer, agent, employee, or member participating in, aiding, or authorizing the act or acts constituting the violation of Code Section 10-1-162 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Code 1933, § 73-223, enacted by Ga. L. 1937, p. 477, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1979, p. 981, § 7.)
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