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

Whenever in this Code, or in any ordinance 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 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 fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or a term of imprisonment of not more than thirty (30) days in the parish jail, 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. In addition, the violator shall pay all costs and expenses involved in the case. Nothing in this section shall prevent the police jury from taking other lawful action as is necessary to prevent or remedy any violation. Other penalty provisions of this Code do not affect this section, except as to the portions of this section amended by such other provisions.

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Maximum penalties, R.S. 33:1243; enforcement of ordinances generally, R.S. 33:1242.