§ 84. Unlawful acts. 1. It is unlawful for the holder of a license,\nissued under this article, or for any employee of such licensee,\nknowingly to commit any of the following acts within or without the\nstate of New York: to incite, encourage, or aid in the incitement or\nencouragement of any person or persons who have become a party to any\nstrike, to do unlawful acts against the person or property of any one,\nor to incite, stir up, create or aid in the inciting of discontent or\ndissatisfaction among the employees of any person, firm, limited\nliability company or corporation with the intention of having them\nstrike; to interfere or prevent lawful and peaceful picketing during\nstrikes; to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the\nexercise of their right to form, join or assist any labor organization\nof their own choosing; to interfere or hinder the lawful or peaceful\ncollective bargaining between employees and employers; to pay, offer, or\ngive any money, gratuity, favor, consideration, or other thing of value,\ndirectly or indirectly, to any person for any verbal or written report\nof the lawful activities of employees in the exercise of their right of\nself-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations and to\nbargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing; to\nadvertise for, recruit, furnish or replace or offer to furnish or\nreplace for hire or reward, within or without the state of New York, any\nhelp or labor, skilled or unskilled, or to furnish or offer to furnish\narmed guards, other than armed guards theretofore regularly employed for\nthe protection of payrolls, property or premises, for service upon\nproperty which is being operated in anticipation of or during the course\nor existence of a strike, or furnish armed guards upon the highways, for\npersons involved in labor disputes or to furnish or offer to furnish to\nemployers or their agents, any arms, munitions, tear gas implements, or\nany other weapons; or to send letters or literature to employers\noffering to eliminate labor unions or distribute or circulate any list\nof members of a labor organization, or to advise any person of the\nmembership of an individual in a labor organization for the express\npurpose of preventing those so listed or named from obtaining or\nretaining employment. The violation of any of the provisions of this\nsection shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine\nof not less than five hundred dollars, or one year's imprisonment or\nboth. It is unlawful for the holder of a license to collect or offer or\nattempt to collect or directly or indirectly engage in the business of\ncollecting of debts or claims of any kind, excepting that the taking\npossession, on behalf of a secured party having the right to do so under\nsection 9--609 of the uniform commercial code, of property in the\npossession of a debtor who has defaulted in the performance of a\nsecurity agreement secured by such property, shall not be considered a\nviolation of this section and excepting further that the secretary of\nstate may grant exemption from this prohibition in the collection of\ndebts to licensees who are principally engaged in the business of credit\ninvestigation and credit reporting. It is unlawful for the holder of a\nlicense to furnish or perform any services described in subdivisions one\nand two of section seventy-one of this article on a contingent or\npercentage basis or to make or enter into any agreement for furnishing\nservices of any kind or character, by the terms or conditions of which\nagreement the compensation to be paid for such services to the holder of\na license is partially or wholly contingent or based upon a percentage\nof the amount of money or property recovered or dependent in any way\nupon the result achieved. It shall be unlawful for a holder of a license\nto use, display, cause to be printed or distributed, cards,\nletter-heads, circulars, brochures or any
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