Article 3 - CRIMINAL PENALTY

Section 27-2118

Section 27-2118

  § 27-2118 Penalties; willful or reckless violations; false statements.
(a) Any person who
  (1)  Willfully  or recklessly violates any provisions of this chapter;
or
  (2) Willfully or recklessly violates, or fails  to  comply  with,  any
requirement of an order of the department; or
  (3)  Willfully makes, or causes any other person to make, any false or
misleading statement on any registration  statement,  notice,  or  other
document  required  to  be  filed  pursuant  to  this chapter, or on any
application, or any accompanying  document,  for  the  granting  of  any
permit  or  any other action by the department pursuant to this chapter,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not  less  than
ten  dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for each such violation,
or  by  imprisonment  up  to  one  year,  or  by  both  such  fine   and
imprisonment.
  (b)   A   person   commits   a  willful  violation  when  such  person
intentionally acts, or intentionally fails to act, to  cause  a  desired
result that violates this chapter. A person commits a reckless violation
when  such person acts, or fails to act, with a conscious disregard of a
substantial risk that the act  or  failure  to  act  will  result  in  a
condition,  constituting  a  violation of this code, which will endanger
the life, health or safety of another person.
  (c) In a  prosecution  for  a  willful  or  reckless  violation  of  a
provision of this chapter, evidence of prior service of civil process or
of  prior judgments for civil penalties arising from the same violation,
and relating to the same dwelling, shall be admissible on the  issue  of
the defendant's knowledge of the existence of the violation.
  (d)  Evidence  that  the  defendant  had  knowledge  or  notice of the
violation and failed to correct the same for more  than  six  months  or
take  reasonable  action  to  explain  to the department this failure or
inability to make the correction shall be relevant on the issue  of  the
willfullness  of  defendant's  action.  This  subdivision  shall  not be
construed to  prevent  conviction  for  a  willful  violation  on  other
grounds.

Section 27-2119

Section 27-2119

  §   27-2119   Penalties;   refusal  to  admit  and  interference  with
inspection; failure to submit reports. Any person (1) who refuses entry,
or access to an officer or inspector of the department to  any  premises
or  part thereof that the officer or inspector is lawfully authorized to
inspect, or who unreasonably interferes with an  authorized  inspection;
or  (2) who fails to file any report or other paper which such person is
required to file, under this code, except a statement of registration or
other paper under article two of subchapter four of this chapter,  shall
be  guilty  of  an  offense, punishable by a fine of not more than fifty
dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days,  or  by  both
such fine and imprisonment.