West Virginia Code § 61-5A-9

Penalties; disqualification to hold office; statute of limitations for
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misdemeanor offenses.
(a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of section three of this article shall be
guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished, if an individual, by
imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than ten years, and, if a
corporation, by a fine of not exceeding $50,000. Any person convicted of vioelating any of the
provisions of section three of this article shall also be forever disqualified from holding any
office or position of honor, trust or profit of government in this state. r
(b) Any person who violates any of the provisions of section four uof this article shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and, upon, conviction thereof, shall be punished by confinement in jail not
less than three months nor more than one year or by a fine otf not exceeding $5,000 or, in the
discretion of the court, by both such confinement and fine.
(c) Any person who violates any of the provisions of section five of this article shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shlall be punished by confinement in jail not
less than three months nor more than one yeasr or by a fine of not exceeding $5,000 or, in the
discretion of the court, by both such confinement and fine, unless such person threatened to
commit a crime or made a threat with the purpose to influence an administrative or judicial
proceeding, in which event, he shallg, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a felony and, shall
be punished as specified in subsection (a) of this section for a violation of any of the
provisions of section three of tehis article.
(d) Any person who violates any of the provisions of section six or section seven of this
article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by
confinement in jail not less than three months nor more than one year or by a fine of not less
than $50 nor more than $1,000 or, in the discretion of the court, by both such confinement
and fine.
(e) WNotwithstanding the provisions of section nine, article eleven of this chapter or any other
provision of law to the contrary, a prosecution for a misdemeanor under the provisions of
this article shall be commenced within six years after the offense was committed.

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