(a) Any person violating any provision of this chapter or the rules and regulations issued hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be fined not more than $500 and may also be sentenced to hard labor for not more than six months.
(b) In addition to the criminal penalty provided for in subsection (a), the Board of Agriculture and Industries may adopt a schedule of civil fines for violations of this chapter. All fines collected under this chapter shall be deposited into the Agricultural Fund in the State Treasury.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.
Chapter 16 - Weights and Measures.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 8-16-2 - Standard Measure of Length, Surface, Weight, and Capacity.
Section 8-16-3 - Standards Approved by Congress to Be State Standards.
Section 8-16-4 - Contracts Construed According to Standards Ascertained by Congress.
Section 8-16-6 - Duties Generally of Commissioner Respecting Weights and Measures.
Section 8-16-7 - Powers of Commissioner and Local Sealers in Supervising Weights and Measures.
Section 8-16-8 - Weights or Measures Corresponding With Standards to Be Sealed or Marked.
Section 8-16-9 - Condemnation, Repair, etc., of Nonstandard Weights and Measures.
Section 8-16-15 - Rules and Regulations; Fees.
Section 8-16-16 - Standards for Containers of Farm Products - Duty to Establish.
Section 8-16-17 - Standards for Containers of Farm Products - Adoption of Federal Standards.