Rhode Island General Laws 6-17-2. Penalties for violations
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Any person who makes or offers to make any contract defined in § 6-17-1, or who is the keeper of any bucket shop, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment for not more than one year. Any person who shall be convicted of a second offense shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years. The continuing of the keeping of a bucket shop, by any person, after the first conviction, shall be deemed a second offense under this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1908, ch. 1565, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 353, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 406, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 614, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 6-17-2.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 6-17-2
- Bucket shop: means any room, office, store, building, or other place where any contract prohibited by this chapter is made, or offered to be made. See Rhode Island General Laws 6-17-1
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Keeper: means any person owning, keeping, managing, operating, or promoting a bucket shop, or assisting to keep, manage, operate, or promote a bucket shop. See Rhode Island General Laws 6-17-1
- Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, or association, whether acting in his, her, or their own right or as the officer, agent, servant, correspondent, or representative of another. See Rhode Island General Laws 6-17-1