§ 11. Enforcement. 1. Whenever in the judgment of the commission any\nperson has engaged or is about to engage in any acts or practices which\nconstitute or will constitute a violation of any provision of section\nten of this act, the commission may make application to the supreme\ncourt for an order enjoining such acts or practices, or for an order\nenforcing compliance with such provision, or for an order directing the\nlandlord to correct the violation, and upon a showing by the commission\nthat such person has engaged or is about to engage in any such acts or\npractices a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or\nother order shall be granted without bond. Jurisdiction shall not be\ndeemed lacking in the supreme court because the defense is based upon an\norder of an inferior court.\n 2. Any person who wilfully violates any provision of section ten of\nthis act, and any person who makes any statement or entry false in any\nmaterial respect in any document or report required to be kept or filed\nunder this act or any regulation, order, or requirement thereunder, and\nany person who wilfully omits or neglects to make any material statement\nor entry required to be made in any such document or report, shall, upon\nconviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than five thousand\ndollars, or to imprisonment for not more than two years in the case of a\nviolation of subdivision three of section ten and for not more than one\nyear in all other cases, or to both such fine and imprisonment. Whenever\nthe commission has reason to believe that any person is liable to\npunishment under this subdivision, the commission may certify the facts\nto the district attorney of any county having jurisdiction of the\nalleged violation, who shall cause appropriate proceedings to be\nbrought.\n 3. Any court shall advance on the docket and expedite the disposition\nof any criminal or other proceedings brought before it under this\nsection.\n 4. No person shall be held liable for damages or penalties in any\ncourt, on any grounds for or in respect of anything done or omitted to\nbe done in good faith pursuant to any provision of this act or any\nregulation, order, or requirement thereunder, notwithstanding that\nsubsequently such provision, regulation, order, or requirement may be\nmodified, rescinded, or determined to be invalid. In any action or\nproceeding wherein a party relies for ground of relief or defense or\nraises issue or brings into question the construction or validity of\nthis act or any regulation, order, or requirement thereunder, the court\nhaving jurisdiction of such action or proceeding may at any stage\ncertify such fact to the commission. The commission may intervene in any\nsuch action or proceeding.\n 5. If any landlord who receives rent from a tenant violates a\nregulation or order prescribing the maximum rent with respect to the\nhousing accommodations for which such rent is received from such tenant,\nthe tenant paying such rent may, within two years from the date of the\noccurrence of the violation, except as hereinafter provided, bring an\naction against the landlord on account of the overcharge as hereinafter\ndefined. In such action, the landlord shall be liable for reasonable\nattorney's fees and costs as determined by the court, plus whichever of\nthe following sums is the greater: (a) Such amount not more than three\ntimes the amount of the overcharge, or the overcharges, upon which the\naction is based as the court in its discretion may determine, or (b) an\namount not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars, as\nthe court in its discretion may determine; provided, however, that such\namount shall be the amount of the overcharge or overcharges or\ntwenty-five dollars, whichever is greater, if the defendant proves that\nthe violation of the regulation or order in question was neither willful\nnor the result of failure to take practicable precautions against the\noccurrence
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