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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 10-8 Penalties.">
  <section prefix="§" num="10-8" heading="Penalties.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">
      <para num="(1)">Except as provided under  subsections (b) and (c) of this section, whoever, himself or by his agent or servant, violates any provision of this subtitle shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $100.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Upon the 2nd conviction of any licensee or any such violation, whether by himself or by his agent or servant, the Director of the Department of Consumer Protection and Business Licensing may suspend the right of such licensee to engage in the business of selling motor fuel at retail for a period not exceeding 3 months.</para>
      <para num="(3)">Upon a 3rd or subsequent conviction of any license of any such violation, whether by himself or by his agent or servant, the Director of the Department of Consumer Protection and Business Licensing may suspend such right for a period not exceeding 1 year.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Violations of">Any retail dealer of motor fuel violating &lt;cite data-path="2|§10-4|(c)"&gt;§10-4(c)&lt;/cite&gt; of this subtitle is subject to:<para num="(i)">for a first offense, a fine of not more than $100;</para>
      <para num="(ii)">for a second offense, a fine of not more than $250;</para>
      <para num="(iii)">for a third offense, a fine of not more than $500; and</para>
      <para num="(iv)">for a fourth or subsequent offense, a fine of not more than $1,000 and the suspension of the retail dealer’s license under &lt;cite data-path="2|§10-2"&gt;§ 10-2&lt;/cite&gt; of this subtitle.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Violations of">Any retail service station dealer who is convicted of a violation of any provision of &lt;cite data-path="2|§10-6"&gt;§ 10-6&lt;/cite&gt; of this subtitle is subject to a fine of not more than $25.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 14, §11</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 76-066</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 90-552</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" />
    <annotation type="History" />
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
