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      Sec. 31-15. Penalty. (a) Any person who wilfully employs, or has in his employment or under his charge, any person in violation of section 31-14 and who permits any such person to be so employed shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for the first offense and be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days or both for any subsequent offense.

      (b) Any parent or guardian who permits any minor to be employed in violation of section 31-12, 31-13 or 31-14 shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for each offense.

      (c) A certificate of the age of a person made as provided in section 10-193 shall be conclusive evidence of his age upon the trial of any person other than the parent or guardian for violation of any provision of said section 31-12, 31-13 or 31-14.

      (d) Nothing in this chapter shall affect the provisions of section 10-184.

      (1949 Rev., S. 7346; P.A. 86-333, S. 25, 32; P.A. 97-263, S. 7; P.A. 98-210, S. 4.)

      History: P.A. 86-333 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 10-189; P.A. 97-263 doubled the amount of all fines; P.A. 98-210 replaced the term "minor" with the term "person" throughout section and added alphabetic Subsec. indicators and numeric Subdiv. indicators.