23-202. Exaction of fee or gratuity as
condition of employment prohibited; classification
It is unlawful for a person charged or entrusted by another with the employment or
continuance in employment of any workmen or laborers to demand or receive, either
directly or indirectly, from a workman or laborer employed or continued in employment
through his agency or under his direction or control, a fee, commission or gratuity of
any kind as the price or condition of the employment of the workman or laborer, or as the
price or condition of his continuance in such employment. Any person charged or
entrusted with employment of laborers or workmen for his principal, or under whose
direction or control the workmen and laborers are engaged in work and labor for the
principal, who violates a provision of this section is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
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