§ 11-209. Hiring minor for prohibited purpose  


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  •    (a) Prohibited. -- A person may not hire, employ, or use an individual, if the person knows, or possesses facts under which the person should reasonably know, that the individual is a minor, to do or assist in doing an act described in § 11-203 of this subtitle.

    (b) Penalty. -- A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:

       (1) for a first violation, imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $ 1,000 or both; and

       (2) for each subsequent violation, imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding $ 5,000 or both.


HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 420, 424; 2002, ch. 26, § 2; ch. 45.