§ 1-123. General penalty; suspension or revocation of license or permit.

(a)

Whenever in this Code any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, no person shall willfully violate any such provision of this Code. Where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such prohibited or unlawful act or offense, or a misdemeanor, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the County Jail or other place of legal incarceration for not more than six (6) months.

(b)

This Section shall not apply to County officials, officers, employees, boards, commissions or agencies while acting in the performance of their official duties.

(c)

If the penalty for a particular offense is limited by State Statute then such limitation shall be applicable to the provision of this Code not withstanding the provisions of the Section.

(d)

The suspension or revocation of any license, certificate or other privilege conferred by the County, shall not be regarded as a penalty for the purposes of this Code but shall be in addition thereto.

(CB-89-1972)

Editor's note— As to maximum penalty permissible, see Annotated Code of Maryland, 1957, Art. 25A, Sec. 5(A).

CB-63-1980 adopted and published the 1979 Edition of the County Code. Section 3 of CB-3-1980 states "that the general penalty provided in Section 1-123 of the County Code shall apply to every offense or violation made unlawful by the County Code unless a specific penalty therefor is otherwise provided." Similar provisions are included in CB-72-1984, CB-94-1988, CB-112-1988, and CB-113-1988.