Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 2745 – Violations and penalties
(a) Whoever violates this chapter shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 5 Sec. 2745
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) Any person who suffers a loss due to a violation of this chapter by another shall have a private cause of action against such person. If damages are awarded to an aggrieved party as a result of a violation of this chapter, such damages awarded shall be treble the amount of the actual damages proved.
(c) If a court of competent jurisdiction finds that any person has wilfully violated this chapter, the person shall forfeit and pay to the State or the aggrieved party, as the case may be, a civil penalty of not less than $250 nor more than $500 for the first violation, and not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 for each subsequent violation. For purposes of this subsection, a wilful violation occurs when the person committing the violation knew or should have known that the conduct was of the nature prohibited by this chapter.
Code 1935, § ?2408H; 46 Del. Laws, c. 287, § ?1; 5 Del. C. 1953, § ?2745; 73 Del. Laws, c. 405, § ?1;