Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 7338 – Violations; penalties; jurisdiction; disposition of fines
(a) Whoever violates this subchapter, or any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder, shall, unless otherwise provided in this subchapter, be fined not less than $50 nor more than $100 for the first offense, and not less than $100 nor more than $200 for any subsequent offense, or, in default of fine, shall be imprisoned not less than 10 nor more than 30 days, besides the costs of prosecution.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 7338
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) Justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction of offenses under this section.
(c) There shall be a right of appeal to the Court of Common Pleas from convictions under this section as in like cases before a justice of the peace.
(d) The fines collected under this section shall be paid forthwith to the State Treasurer and deposited in the General Fund.
41 Del. Laws, c. 82, § ?14; 3 Del. C. 1953, § ?7338; 69 Del. Laws, c. 423, § ?4;