(a) No person shall engage in the business of selling or issuing checks as a service or for a fee or other consideration without first securing a license to do so from the Commissioner, except that no license under this act shall be required of any agent, subagent or representative of a licensee, or employee of such agent, subagent or representative who acts on behalf of such licensee in the sale or exchange of which the licensee is the issuer.
(b) Any person who violates this section shall be fined not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned in county jail for not more than one (1) year, or both. Each day such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.