If any taxpayer shall willfully neglect to make returns as required by this act, the taxpayer shall forfeit as a penalty not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) for each offense to be assessed by a jury. The penalty shall be recovered by a civil action in the Superior Court, brought in the name of the State, and shall be paid into the State treasury. The commissioner shall certify any such default to the Attorney-General, who shall prosecute the action for the penalty.

L.1941, c. 291, p. 790, s. 52. Amended by L.1953, c. 51, p. 921, s. 131.