Unlawful transaction of business - Enforcement by Attorney General - Injunction and receiver.

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It shall be unlawful for any individual, firm, association, or corporation to transact a Credit Union business except as authorized by the laws of the State of Oklahoma or the United States, or to use or advertise in connection with any business, other than the credit union business conducted under the laws of this State or of the United States, the term "Credit Union," or any other term or terms calculated to deceive the public into believing that such person, firm, association, or corporation is engaged in the credit union business. Any person, firm, association, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section, either individually or as an interested party, in any firm, association, or corporation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the County jail for not less than thirty (30) days, nor more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and it is hereby made the duty of the Attorney General to enforce the provisions of this section; and in order to prevent the violation of this section, the district court in the county wherein said credit union is located is hereby authorized and empowered to grant an injunction and to appoint a receiver to take charge of the business and assets of any person, firm, association, or corporation found guilty of violating the provisions of this section, and to make all necessary and proper orders to wind up such business and prevent a violation of this section.

Added by Laws 1941, p. 12, § 5.


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