Every person shall be subject to the same obligations and duties and shall have the same rights arising from the exercise of such rights, powers and duties as if such rights, powers and duties were exercised by the Auditor of Public Accounts, or, as the case may be, by the Department of Insurance under the laws referred to in Sections 6 and 7 of this Act. Every person shall be subject to the same penalty or penalties, civil or criminal, for failure to perform any such obligation or duty, or for doing a prohibited act, as if such obligation or duty arose from, or such act were prohibited in, the exercise of such rights, powers or duties by the Auditor of Public Accounts or, as the case may be, by the Department of Insurance under the laws referred to in Sections 6 and 7 of this Act.