(a) Whoever makes a false statement or representation knowing it to be false or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, to obtain or increase any benefit or other payment under this act or under the unemployment compensation law of any state or of the federal government, either for himself or for any other person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for not longer than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and each such false statement or representation or failure to disclose a material fact shall constitute a separate offense.
(b) Any employing unit or any officer or agent of an employing unit or any other person who makes a false statement or representation knowing it to be false, or who knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, to prevent or reduce the payment of benefits to any individual entitled thereto, or to avoid becoming or remaining a subject employer or to avoid or reduce any contribution or other payment required from an employing unit under this act or under the unemployment compensation law of any state or of the federal government, or who wilfully fails or refuses to make or to furnish any reports required hereunder or to produce or permit the inspection or copying of records as required hereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for not longer than ninety (90) days, or by both fine and imprisonment; and each such false statement or representation or failure to disclose a material fact, and each day of such failure or refusal shall constitute a separate offense.
(c) Any person who shall wilfully violate any provision of this act or any order, rule, or regulation thereunder, the violation of which is made unlawful or the observance of which is required under the terms of this act, and for which a penalty is neither prescribed in this act nor provided by any other applicable statute, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for not longer than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and each day such violation continues shall be deemed to be a separate offense.
(d) If any employer fails or refuses to file contribution and wage reports required under the provisions of this act within fifteen (15) days after written notice has been mailed to the employer by the Commission or its representative, a penalty of ten percent (10%) on the total contributions due shall be added thereto, collected and paid. Penalty collected pursuant to this subsection shall be paid into the Unemployment Compensation Fund.
(e) If an employer fails or refuses to pay any contributions required under the provisions of this act after such contributions have become delinquent within thirty (30) days after written request for such payment had been mailed to the employer by the Commission or its representative, a penalty of five percent (5%) on the total contributions due shall be added thereto, collected and paid. Penalty collected pursuant to this subsection shall be paid into the Unemployment Compensation Fund.
(f) If any employee or member of the Board of Review or the Commission or any employee of the Commission, in violation of the provisions of Section 221 (l), makes any disclosure of information obtained from any employing unit or individual in the administration of this act, or if any person who has obtained any list of applicants for work, or of claimants or recipients of benefits, under this act shall use or permit the use of such list for any political purpose, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned for not longer than ninety (90) days, or both.
Laws 1977, c. 20, § 4; Laws 1980, c. 323, § 9-102, emerg. eff. June 15, 1980.