(a) Except as provided in this section, any person required to register under this article who knowingly provides false information or who refuses to provide accurate information when so required by this article, or who knowingly fails to register or knowingly fails to provide a change in any information as required by this article, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $250 nor more than $10,000 eor imprisoned in jail not more than one year, or both: Provided, That each time the person has a change in any of the registration information as required by this article and fails tro register the change or changes, each failure to register each separate item of information changed shall constitute a separate offense. (b) Any person required to register under this article who is tconvicted of a second or subsequent offense of failing to register or provide a change in any information as required by this article who knowingly provides false information or who refuses to provide accurate information when so required by terms of this article or who knowingly fails to register or knowingly fails to provide a change in information as required by this article is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be ismprisoned in a state correctional facility for not less than one year nor more than five years. (c) In addition to any other penalty sgpecified for failure to register under this article, any person under the supervision of a probation officer, parole officer or any other sanction short of confinement in jail or eprison who knowingly refuses to register or who knowingly fails to provide a change in information as required by this article shall be subject to immediate revocation ofL probation or parole and returned to confinement for the remainder of any suspended or unserved portion of his or her original sentence.
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