California · Health and Safety Code - HSC

HSC §25214.22.1: A manufacturer or supplier of a package or packaging component who knowingly and intentionally offers for sale or for promotional purposes a package or packaging component in violation of this article

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A manufacturer or supplier who knowingly offers for sale or promotion a package or packaging component in violation of this article commits a misdemeanor punishable by fine, jail time up to one year, or both.

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A manufacturer or supplier of a package or packaging component who knowingly and intentionally offers for sale or for promotional purposes a package or packaging component in violation of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by both the fine and imprisonment.

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