§ 1-8. General penalty for violation of Code; separate offenses.  


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  • Whenever in this Code, or in any ordinance or resolution of the parish, any act or omission is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or a misdemeanor, or whenever in said Code or ordinance or resolution the doing of any act or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or a misdemeanor or is prohibited, and no specific penalty is provided therefor, and state law does not provide otherwise, or for a greater penalty, the violation of any such provision of this Code or any ordinance shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a term of imprisonment of up to thirty (30) days in the parish jail or a fine of up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) or both. Unless specifically provided otherwise, or the context thereof so dictates, each day any violation of any provision of this Code or any ordinance shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.

State law reference

Maximum penalty for ordinance violations generally, R.S. 33:1243; jurisdiction of Parish Court, R.S. 13:2563.1 et seq.

Cross reference

Traffic, Ch. 22; offenses and miscellaneous provisions, Ch. 14.