§ 11-9.1-11 Failure to mark duplicate
warehouse receipt. –
A warehouse operator, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouse
operator, who issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable
receipt for goods knowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same goods
or any part of them is outstanding and uncanceled, without plainly placing upon
the face of it the word "Duplicate," except in the case of a lost or destroyed
receipt after proceedings as provided for in § 6A-7-601, shall be guilty
of a crime and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by
imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or by a fine not exceeding five
thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.
(P.L. 1908, ch. 1549, § 52; G.L. 1909, ch. 270, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch.
315, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 468, § 3; G.L. 1956, §
6-25-53.)