(a) A person who violates section 4043 of this title shall be fined not more than $500.00 or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both, if the aggregate value of the money, property, services, or other things of value so obtained is $50.00 or less.

(b) A person who violates section 4043 of this title shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 or be imprisoned not more than one year, or both, if the aggregate value of the money, property, services, or other things of value so obtained exceeds $50.00. (Added 1969, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 17.)