§421-19  Misdemeanor to induce breach of
marketing contract to cooperative association; spreading false reports about
the management or finances thereof.  Any person or any corporation whose
officers or employees knowingly induce or attempt to induce any member or
stockholder of an association to violate the member's or stockholder's
marketing contract with the association, or who maliciously and knowingly
spreads false reports about the finances or management thereof, shall be fined
not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each offense; and shall be liable
to the association aggrieved in a civil suit in the penal sum of $500 for each
offense. [L 1949, c 234, pt of §1; RL 1955, §176-20; HRS §421-19; gen ch 1985]