§432:2-703  Penalties.  (a)  Any personwho wilfully makes a false or fraudulent statement in or relating to anapplication for membership or for the purpose of obtaining money from or abenefit in any society, shall upon conviction be fined not less than $100 normore than $500 or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than oneyear, or both.

(b)  Any person who wilfully makes a false orfraudulent statement in any verified report or declaration under oath requiredor authorized by this article, or of any material fact or thing contained in asworn statement concerning the death or disability of an insured for thepurpose of procuring payment of a benefit named in the certificate, shall beguilty of perjury and shall be subject to the penalties therefor prescribed bylaw.

(c)  Any person who solicits membership for, orin any manner assists in procuring membership in, any society not licensed todo business in this State shall upon conviction be fined not less than $50 normore than $200.

(d)  Any person guilty of a wilful violationof, or neglect or refusal to comply with, the provisions of this article forwhich a penalty is not otherwise prescribed, shall upon conviction, be subjectto a fine not exceeding $200. [L 1987, c 347, pt of §2]