§ 1006. Regulatory Offenses.
(1) Section Applicable When Invoked by Another Statute. This section
shall govern the use of sanctions to enforce a penal regulation whenever
and to the extent that another statute so provides, The limits on a sentence
to pay a fine provided in Part C of this Code shall not apply if the other
statute fixes a different limit. "Penal regulation" means any requirement of
a statute, regulation, rule, or order which is enforceable by criminal sanctions,
forfeiture or civil penalty.
(2) General Scheme of Regulatory Sanctions.
(a) Nonculpable Violations. A person who violates a penal regulation is guilty
of an infraction. Culpability as to conduct or the existence of the penal regulation
need not be proved under this paragraph, except to the extent required by the
penal regulation.
(b) Willful Violations. A person who willfully violates a penal regulation is guilty
of a Class B misdemeanor. Willfulness as to both the conduct and the existence
of the penal regulation is required.
(c) Flouting Regulatory Authority. A person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor
if he flouts regulatory authority by willful and persistent disobedience of any body
of related penal regulations.
(3) Dangerous Violations of Prophylactic Regulations. A person is guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor if he willfully violates a penal regulation and thereby,
in fact, creates a substantial likelihood of harm to life, health, or property, or
of any other harm against which the penal regulation was directed.
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