44-619. Inducing violation of act or orders; penalty.
Any officer of any corporation engaged in any of the industries, employments, utilities or common carriers herein named and specified, or any officer of any labor union or association of persons engaged as workers in any such industry, employment, utility or common carrier, or any employer of labor, coming within the provisions of this act, who shall willfully use the power, authority or influence incident to such person's official position, or position as an employer of others, and by such means shall intentionally influence, impel, or compel any other person to violate any of the provisions of this act, or any valid order of the secretary of labor, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $5,000, or by imprisonment in the custody of the secretary of corrections for a term not to exceed two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
History: L. 1920, ch. 29, § 19; R.S. 1923, 44-619; L. 1976, ch. 370, § 36; L. 1990, ch. 309, § 32; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 35; July 1.