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TITLE 1. CORPORATIONS 100-14631›DIVISION 3. CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES 12000-14631›PART 2. COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONS 12200-12704›CHAPTER 18. Crimes and Penalties 12670-12679

§ 12679

California Corporations Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Any person violating Section 12311, and any corporation carrying on business outside the purpose for which it was formed, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1625, Sec. 3. Operative January 1, 1984.)

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