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New York · Through 2026-09-11

N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 56: Offenses; penalties

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  1. Civil Rights Law
  2. Article 5-A. Membership Corporations and Unincorporated Associations

§ 56. Offenses; penalties. Any corporation or association violating

any provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor

punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than

ten thousand dollars. Any officer of such corporation or association

and every member of the board of directors, trustees or other similar

body, who violates any provision of this article or permits or

acquiesces in the violation of any provision of this article by any such

corporation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person who becomes a

member of any such corporation or association, or remains a member

thereof, or attends a meeting thereof, with knowledge that such

corporation or association has failed to comply with any provision of

this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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