N.Y. General Business Law 331 – Penalty for failing to publish
§ 331. Penalty for failing to publish. 1. Any person, partnership, limited partnership, unincorporated joint-stock association or corporation publishing in the state of New York, a newspaper, magazine, book, pamphlet or any other periodical or printed publication which omits, fails or neglects to carry out the provisions of the preceding section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for each issue of such publication over which such neglect or failure so to do extends; and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.
Terms Used In N.Y. General Business Law 331
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
2. Whenever such publications are discovered and the identity and address of neither the owner, the proprietor, the publisher or the printer appears as required by this article and cannot be ascertained after reasonable diligence, then upon a verified application of a peace officer, acting pursuant to his special duties, or of any police officer showing such circumstances, a magistrate, may issue an order directing that such publications be seized and destroyed by such officer.