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urn: urn:us-la:rs:37:2853
citation: "R.S. 37:2853"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 37 › Chapter 36-A"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1980, number: 761, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
---

# Penalties

Any person who violates any provision of this Chapter, or any person who falsely states or represents that he has been or is a certified polygraphist or trainee shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction, the offender shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned in the parish jail for a term of not to exceed six months, or both.