Section 6-207 - Violations and penalties(a) Any person, firm, or corporation who violates any provision of the Oklahoma Meat Inspection Act for which no other criminal penalty is provided by this act shall upon conviction be subject to imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both such imprisonment and fine; but if such violation involves intent to defraud, or any distribution or attempted distribution of an article that is adulterated (except as defined in subparagraph (8) of paragraph (j) of Section 6-182 of this title), such person, firm, or corporation shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, or a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or both; provided, that no person, firm, or corporation shall be subject to penalties under this section for receiving for transportation any article or animal in violation of this act if such receipt was made in good faith, unless such person, firm, or corporation refuses to furnish on request of a representative of the Board the name and address of the person from whom he received such article or animal, and copies of all documents, if any there be, pertaining to the delivery of the article or animal to him.(b) Nothing in this act shall be construed as requiring the Board to report for prosecution, or for the institution of legal action or injunction proceedings, minor violations of this act whenever it believes that the public interest will be adequately served by a suitable written notice of warning.Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 6-207
Laws 1968, SB 657, c. 63, § 27, emerg. eff. 3/19/1968; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 88 (effective date amended to July 1, 1999, by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1002, c. 2, §§ 23-26, emerg. eff. 6/19/1998); Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, c. 5, § 26, emerg. eff. 7/1/1999.