§ 12-102. Penalty for second or subsequent offense

   Unless another penalty specifically is provided elsewhere in this article, any person found guilty of a second or subsequent violation of any provision of the same title, is subject to a fine not exceeding $ 1,000, or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, with costs imposed in the discretion of the court. For the purposes of this section, a second or subsequent violation is one which has occurred within two years of any prior violation of this title and which arises out of a separate set of circumstances.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 661/2, § 17-101; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 6, § 1; 1974, ch. 177, § 1; 2002, ch. 26, § 4.