As Amended
SEC. 73-33-13. Penalties for practicing without licenses.
If any person shall represent himself to the public as having received a certificate as provided in this chapter; or shall assume to practice as a certified public accountant; or shall use the abbreviation, "C. P. A.," or any similar words or word, letters or letter to indicate that the person using the same is a certified public accountant, without having received a certificate or license to practice as provided in this chapter; or if any person having received a certificate or license to practice, and having thereafter lost such certificate or license to practice, by revocation or cancellation as provided by this chapter, shall continue to practice as a certified public accountant; or if any person having received a certificate or license to practice, and having thereafter lost such certificate or license to practice, for a time by suspension as provided by this chapter, shall continue to practice as a certified public accountant, within the period covered by such suspension - he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not longer than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court for each such an offense.
SOURCES: Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. Sec. 6661i; 1930, Sec. 5917; 1942, Sec. 8911; Laws, 1920, ch. 211; reenacted and amended, 1983, ch. 411 Sec. 8; 1990, ch. 322, Sec. 4; reenacted, 1991, ch. 306, Sec. 8, eff from and after July 1, 1991.