The obtaining of a judgement under the Antitrust Act to assess a civil penalty against a person shall be an election of remedies to not bring a criminal prosecution against such person under the Antitrust Act. The institution of a criminal prosecution under that act against a person by filing an information or complaint or returning an indictment shall be an election of remedies not to bring suit to assess a civil penalty against such person under that act.
§ 57-1-9 NMSA 1978
Election of remedies
Known as the Antitrust Act
The act spans §§ 57–57 (21 sections).
1978 Comp., § 57-1-9, enacted by Laws 1979, ch. 374, § 10.
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