§ 755. Penalties and enforcement. 1. In addition to the other remedies\nprovided, whenever there shall be a violation of this article,\napplication may be made by the attorney general in the name of the\npeople of the state of New York to a court or justice having\njurisdiction by a special proceeding to issue an injunction, and upon\nnotice to the defendant of not less than five days, to enjoin and\nrestrain the continuance of such violations; and if it shall appear to\nthe satisfaction of the court or justice that the defendant has, in\nfact, violated this article, an injunction may be issued by such court\nor justice, enjoining and restraining any further violation, without\nrequiring proof that any person has, in fact, been injured or damaged\nthereby. In any such proceeding, the court may make allowances to the\nattorney general as provided in paragraph six of subdivision (a) of\nsection eighty-three hundred three of the civil practice law and rules,\nand direct restitution. Whenever the court shall determine that a\nviolation of this article has occurred, the court may impose a civil\npenalty of not less than one hundred dollars and not more than one\nthousand dollars. In connection with any such proposed application, the\nattorney general is authorized to take proof and make a determination of\nthe relevant facts and to issue subpoenas in accordance with the civil\npractice law and rules.\n 1-a. Any person who violates any provision of section seven hundred\nfifty-three-a, seven hundred fifty-three-b, seven hundred fifty-three-c,\nor seven hundred fifty-three-e of this article may also be subject to\ndenial, suspension, revocation of, or refusal to renew a pet dealer\nlicense, in accordance with the provisions of sections four hundred\nthree and four hundred four of the agriculture and markets law.\n 2. The provisions of this article may be enforced concurrently by the\ndirector of a municipal consumer affairs office, or by the town\nattorney, or city corporation counsel, and all moneys collected\nthereunder shall be retained by such municipality or local government.\n
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