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N.Y. Education Law § 3233: Penalties

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  1. Education Law
  2. Title 4. Teachers and Pupils
  3. Article 65. Compulsory Education and School Census
  4. Part 1. Compulsory Education

§ 3233. Penalties. Except as otherwise provided, a violation of part

one of this article shall be punishable for the first offense by a fine

not exceeding ten dollars or ten days' imprisonment; for each subsequent

offense by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or by imprisonment not

exceeding thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

A violation of sections thirty-two hundred fifteen, thirty-two hundred

twenty-three and thirty-two hundred twenty-four of this article shall be

punishable for a first offense by a fine of not less than twenty nor

more than fifty dollars; for a second offense by a fine of not less than

fifty nor more than two hundred fifty dollars, or by imprisonment for

not more than thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment; for a

third offense by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars, or

by imprisonment for not more than sixty days, or by both such fine and

imprisonment.

Any person who knowingly makes a false statement in or in relation to

any application made for an employment certificate or permit as to any

matter required by this chapter to appear in any affidavit, record,

transcript, certificate or permit therein provided for, is guilty of a

misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished, except as in this

chapter or in the penal law otherwise provided, for a first offense by a

fine of not more than one hundred dollars; for a second offense by a

fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, or

by imprisonment for not more than thirty days or by both such fine and

imprisonment; for a subsequent offense by a fine of not less than three

hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than sixty days, or by

both such fine and imprisonment.

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