Violation by the owner of a motor vehicle of any rule or regulation or any amendment thereto promulgated pursuant to this act or any order issued by the commission under Section 7 of this act, or willful failure to comply with such an order, is a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, the owner shall be punished by confinement in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or to pay a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by both such confinement and fine.
Laws 1965, c. 385, § 9, emerg. eff. June 30, 1965.