2020 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 63. Public Health and Safety
§63-1-1404. Violations - Penalties - Exemptions.
(a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of Section 1402 of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall on conviction thereof be subject to imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, or a fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or both such imprisonment and fine; but if the violation is committed after a conviction of such person under this section has become final, such person shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or both such imprisonment and fine.
(b) No person shall be subject to the penalties of subsection (a) of this section, for having violated Section 1402(a) or (c) of this article, if he establishes a guaranty or undertaking signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person residing in the United States from whom he received in good faith the article, to the effect that such article is not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this article, designating this article.
(c) No publisher, radiobroadcast or television licensee, or agency or medium for the dissemination of an advertisement, except the manufacturer, packer, distributor, or seller of the article to which a false advertisement relates, shall be liable under this section by reason of the dissemination by him of such false advertisement, unless he has refused, on the request of the State Commissioner of Health, or his duly-authorized agent, to furnish the Commissioner the name and post office address of the manufacturer, packer, distributor, seller, or advertising agency residing in the United States who caused him to disseminate such advertisement.
Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 14, § 1404.
