CORPORATIONS CODE
SECTION 31410-31412
31410. Any person who willfully violates any provision of this law,
or who willfully violates any rule or order under this law, shall
upon conviction be fined not more than one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000) or imprisoned pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170
of the Penal Code, or in a county jail for not more than one year, or
be punished by both that fine and imprisonment; but no person may be
imprisoned for the violation of any rule or order if he or she
proves that he or she had no knowledge of the rule or order.
31411. Any person who willfully employs, directly or indirectly,
any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud in connection with the
offer or sale of any franchise or willfully engages, directly or
indirectly, in any act, practice, or course of business which
operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person in
connection with the offer, purchase, or sale of any franchise shall
upon conviction be fined not more than one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000) or imprisoned pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170
of the Penal Code, or in a county jail for not more than one year, or
be punished by both that fine and imprisonment.
31412. Nothing in this law limits the power of the state to punish
any person for any conduct which constitutes a crime under any other
statute.
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