The fact that any producer, distributor, owner or lessee of motion pictures fails, or refuses to permit exhibitors in competitive situations to make alternative selections in the presence of each other, each to either purchase or rent his proportionate share of a product, upon the same terms and conditions and as in this act [57-5-1 to 57-5-22 NMSA 1978] provided, shall be prima facie evidence of the intent of such producer, distributor, owner or lessee to violate or defeat the purposes, intent and provisions of this act, and such producer, distributor, owner or lessee shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) nor more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) and by imprisonment at hard labor of not less than nor more than twelve months.
History: Laws 1933, ch. 177, § 12; 1941 Comp., § 51-2712; 1953 Comp., § 49-5-12.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.