Section 44-49-10 - Penalties - criminal provisions(a) Penalties. Any dealer violating this chapter is subject to a penalty of one hundred percent (100%) of the tax in addition to the tax imposed by § 44-49-9. The penalty will be collected as part of the tax.(b) Criminal penalty; sale without affixed stamps. In addition to the tax penalty imposed, a dealer distributing or possessing controlled substances without affixing the appropriate stamps, labels, or other indicia is guilty of a crime and, upon conviction, may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or to payment of a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.(c) Statute of limitations. An indictment may be found and filed, or a complaint filed, upon any criminal offense specified in this section, in the proper court within six (6) years after the commission of this offense.R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-49-10
Amended by 2022 Pub. Laws, ch. 32,§ 3, eff. 5/25/2022.Amended by 2022 Pub. Laws, ch. 31,§ 3, eff. 5/25/2022.