Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-207
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Violations and penalties
Official statutory text
(a) Any person, firm, or corporation who violates any provision
of the Oklahoma Meat Inspection Act for which no other criminal
penalty is provided by this act shall upon conviction be subject to
imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or a fine of not more
than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both such imprisonment and
fine; but if such violation involves intent to defraud, or any
distribution or attempted distribution of an article that is
adulterated (except as defined in subparagraph (8) of paragraph (j)
of Section 6-182 of this title), such person, firm, or corporation
shall be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and shall be subject to
imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section
20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or a fine of not more than
Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or both; provided, that no
person, firm, or corporation shall be subject to penalties under
this section for receiving for transportation any article or animal
in violation of this act if such receipt was made in good faith,
unless such person, firm, or corporation refuses to furnish on
request of a representative of the Board the name and address of the
person from whom he received such article or animal, and copies of
all documents, if any there be, pertaining to the delivery of the
article or animal to him.
(b) Nothing in this act shall be construed as requiring the
Board to report for prosecution, or for the institution of legal
action or injunction proceedings, minor violations of this act
whenever it believes that the public interest will be adequately
served by a suitable written notice of warning.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 280
of the Oklahoma Meat Inspection Act for which no other criminal
penalty is provided by this act shall upon conviction be subject to
imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or a fine of not more
than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both such imprisonment and
fine; but if such violation involves intent to defraud, or any
distribution or attempted distribution of an article that is
adulterated (except as defined in subparagraph (8) of paragraph (j)
of Section 6-182 of this title), such person, firm, or corporation
shall be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and shall be subject to
imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section
20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or a fine of not more than
Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or both; provided, that no
person, firm, or corporation shall be subject to penalties under
this section for receiving for transportation any article or animal
in violation of this act if such receipt was made in good faith,
unless such person, firm, or corporation refuses to furnish on
request of a representative of the Board the name and address of the
person from whom he received such article or animal, and copies of
all documents, if any there be, pertaining to the delivery of the
article or animal to him.
(b) Nothing in this act shall be construed as requiring the
Board to report for prosecution, or for the institution of legal
action or injunction proceedings, minor violations of this act
whenever it believes that the public interest will be adequately
served by a suitable written notice of warning.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 280
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