(a) Any person who fails, neglects, or refuses to make any declarations or return required by this article, any employer who fails, neglects or refuses to register or to pay the tax deducted from his employees, or fails, neglects or refuses to deduct or withhold the tax from his employees, any person who refuses to permit the officer or any agent designated by him to examine his books, records, and papers, and any person who knowingly makes any incomplete, false or fraudulent return, or attempts to do anything whatsoever to avoid the full disclosure of the amount of his net profits or earned income in order to avoid the payment of the whole or any part of the tax imposed by this article, shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense, and costs, and in default of payment of such fine and costs to be imprisoned for a period not exceeding thirty days.
(b) Any person who divulges any information which is confidential under the provisions of this article, shall upon conviction thereof be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense, and costs, and, in default of payment of such fines and costs to be imprisoned for a period not exceeding thirty days.
(c) The penalties imposed under this section shall be in addition to any other penalty imposed by any other section of this article.
(d) The failure of any person to receive or procure forms required for making the declaration or returns required by this article shall not excuse him from making such declaration or return.
(Ord. 940. Passed 11-28-66.)