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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 252

  • 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.
A person who intentionally or knowingly violates any provision of section 451, 454?A, 461 or 462, or of rules adopted pursuant to those sections, or neglects or refuses to obey any order or direction of any local health officer authorized by those provisions, the penalty for which is not specifically provided, or intentionally or knowingly interferes with any person or thing to prevent the execution of those sections or of the rules, commits a civil violation for which a fine of not more than $500 may be adjudged. The District Court has jurisdiction of all offenses under these sections. [PL 2007, c. 598, §4 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 1979, c. 127, §141 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 487, §2 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 598, §4 (AMD).