The obtaining of a judgement under the Antitrust Act to assess a civil penalty against a person shall be an election of remedies to not bring a criminal prosecution against such person under the Antitrust Act. The institution of a criminal prosecution under that act against a person by filing an information or complaint or returning an indictment shall be an election of remedies not to bring suit to assess a civil penalty against such person under that act.
History: 1978 Comp., § 57-1-9, enacted by Laws 1979, ch. 374, § 10.
ANNOTATIONSLaw reviews. — For article, "New Mexico Antitrust Law," see 9 N.M.L. Rev. 339 (1979).