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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="12-502" title_number="12" title_name="Secondhand Precious Metal Object Dealers and Pawnbrokers" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person who willfully or knowingly violates this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or both.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each associate, employee, manager, or partner who participates in or consents to a violation of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Each violation of this title is a separate offense.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Secretary may impose on a person who violates any provision of this title a penalty not exceeding $5,000 for each violation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In setting the amount of the penalty, the Secretary shall consider:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the seriousness of the violation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the harm caused by the violation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the good faith of the violator;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>any history of previous violations by the violator; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>any other relevant factors.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Secretary shall pay any penalty collected under this subsection into the General Fund of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
