{"data":{"id":"us-ca/corp-12679","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CORP § 12679","heading":"","body":"Any person violating Section 12311, and any corporation carrying on business outside the purpose for which it was formed, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.","path":["Corporations Code - CORP","TITLE 1. CORPORATIONS [100. - 14707.]","DIVISION 3. CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES [12000. - 14707.]","PART 2. COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONS [12200. - 12704.]","CHAPTER 18. Crimes and Penalties [12670. - 12679.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"df8331b3e22e0ca43467ce28d768f2f15d1ae9c4da3e1c46a9fcd2fffe3dad59","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/corp-12678","next":"us-ca/corp-12680"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}