Any person violating Section 12311, and any corporation carrying on business outside the purpose for which it was formed, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Cal. Corp. Code § 12679
Crimes and Penalties
Known as the Cooperative Corporation Law
The act spans §§ 12200–12704 (266 sections).
Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1625, Sec. 3
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