§421-19 Misdemeanor to induce breach of marketing contract to cooperative association; spreading false reports about the management or finances thereof. Any person or any corporation whose officers or employees knowingly induce or attempt to induce any member or stockholder of an association to violate the member's or stockholder's marketing contract with the association, or who maliciously and knowingly spreads false reports about the finances or management thereof, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each offense; and shall be liable to the association aggrieved in a civil suit in the penal sum of $500 for each offense. [L 1949, c 234, pt of §1; RL 1955, §176-20; HRS §421-19; gen ch 1985]
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships
421. Agricultural Cooperative Associations
421-3 Qualifications of incorporators.
421-4 Articles of incorporation.
421-6 Filing and recording articles of incorporation, etc.
421-7 Amendments of articles of incorporation.
421-11 Membership or stock certificates, transfers, dividends, preferred stock.
421-12 General and special meetings; how called.
421-18 Contracts between association and members.
421-20 Associations are not in restraint of trade.
421-24 Application to existing association.