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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-11 > Chapter-11-27 > 11-27-17SECTION 11-27-17
§ 11-27-17 Penalty for violations bycorporation. – Any corporation violating any of the provisions of §§ 11-27-3,11-27-4, and 11-27-16 – 11-27-18 shall be fined not exceeding fivethousand dollars ($5,000), and every officer, director, trustee, agent, oremployee of any corporation or association who, directly or indirectly, engagesin any of the acts prohibited in this chapter, or assists a corporation orassociation to do any prohibited acts, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, andshall be subject to the penalty prescribed in § 11-27-14. The fact thatany officer, trustee, director, agent, or employer shall be entitled topractice law in this state shall not be held to permit or allow any corporationor association to do any of the acts prohibited in this chapter, nor shall thatfact be a defense upon the trial of any corporation or of any of the personsmentioned in this section for a violation of any of the provisions of§§ 11-27-3, 11-27-4, and 11-27-16 – 11-27-18.
