It shall be unlawful for any producer and/or distributor or any other person, either directly or indirectly, to give any secret refund, rebate or reward of any kind to any competitive exhibitor, or for any competitive exhibitor to receive, either directly or indirectly, any secret refund, rebate or reward of any character from any producer, distributor or any other person, or for any producer, distributor or any other person to sell, lease, license or supply any motion picture or pictures, or permit same to be done to any competitive exhibitor by or through any secret or undisclosed manner, method, contract, combination or arrangement of any kind, or for any competitive exhibitor to so receive or acquire same in such a manner, or to exhibit any such motion picture or pictures so received or acquired. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for each offense and by imprisonment at hard labor of not less than one year or more than one year for each offense. Each and every picture furnished, received or exhibited in violation of any of the provisions of this act [57-5-1 to 57-5-22 NMSA 1978] shall be deemed a separate offense.
History: Laws 1933, ch. 177, § 8; 1941 Comp., § 51-2708; 1953 Comp., § 49-5-8.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 17 C.J.S. Contracts § 202.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations
Section 57-5-2 - [Purpose of act; violations; penalty.]
Section 57-5-3 - [Restrictive contracts, combinations or monopolies illegal; penalty.]
Section 57-5-5 - [Division of products among exhibitors.]
Section 57-5-8 - [Secret rebates or arrangements unlawful; penalty.]
Section 57-5-14 - [Civil liability for violation.]
Section 57-5-15 - [Misrepresentation of box office value; civil liability.]
Section 57-5-16 - [Fair and equitable adjustments of contracts permitted.]
Section 57-5-17 - [Existing contracts to be filed with public regulation commission.]
Section 57-5-18 - [Public regulation commission as agent for service of process.]
Section 57-5-19 - [Failure to designate agent for service of process; penalty; pictures barred.]
Section 57-5-20 - [Venue of prosecutions.]
Section 57-5-22 - [Determination of first and second run theaters by public regulation commission.]