Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-14
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Penalty for refusing examination of books in violation of
Official statutory text
Constitution, Article IX, Section 28.
If any officer of any railroad company or other public service
corporation, or of any other corporation or any other person, in
violation of the provisions of Article 9, Section 28, of the
Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, shall refuse to permit the
Corporation Commissioners, or any person authorized thereto, to
examine its books and papers, such officer or other person so
refusing shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than
Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00), nor more than Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00), and by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than
thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year; and each day such
officers or other person shall fail or refuse to permit such
examination or investigation, shall constitute a separate offense.
If any officer of any railroad company or other public service
corporation, or of any other corporation or any other person, in
violation of the provisions of Article 9, Section 28, of the
Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, shall refuse to permit the
Corporation Commissioners, or any person authorized thereto, to
examine its books and papers, such officer or other person so
refusing shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than
Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00), nor more than Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00), and by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than
thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year; and each day such
officers or other person shall fail or refuse to permit such
examination or investigation, shall constitute a separate offense.
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