(a) Any person who falsely swears to any application for a permit under this article, or who knowingly violates or assists in the violation of any of the conditions prescribed in the permit, or who violates this article, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or by both.
(b) In addition thereto, upon the conviction under this section of any owner or operator of any shooting gallery or of any agent or employee thereof, the court may suspend or cancel the permit for the shooting gallery and may prescribe any period not more than one year during which the holder of such permit shall be prohibited from applying for a new permit under this section. The penalties herein prescribed shall not be construed in any way to prevent the closing of any shooting gallery as a public nuisance.
(Sec. 13-15.8, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.)) (1990 Code, Ch. 41, Art. 6, § 41-6.8)