Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:369 – Penalties
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:369
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- 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.
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 14:368 shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned at hard labor for not more than five years, or both. Any organization which shall fail to register as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 14:362 when required to do so under the terms of La. Rev. Stat. 14:358 through 373 shall, on the motion of the district attorney or the attorney general as the case may be, have all assets of said organization frozen by preliminary restraining order and injunction of the district court having jurisdiction in the matter and held secure under the jurisdiction of said court and unavailable to said organization until the required registration is completed or until the owners of the organization petition the said court for a distribution of the assets following a dissolution of the organization.
Amended by Acts 1965, No. 45, §1.