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LAWS OF MARYLAND,
any application for membership, or for the purpose of obtain-

False state-
ments by
officers or
members.

ing any money or benefit in any association transacting busi-
ness under sections 143 E to 143 R (both inclusive) of this article,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be
punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor
more than tive bundled dollars, or imprisonment in the city or
county jail for not less than thirty days nor more than one year,
or both, in the discretion of the court; and any person who
shall willfully make a false statement of any material fact or
thing in a sworn statement as to death or disability of a certifi-
cate holder in any such association for the purpose of procur-
ing payment of a benefit named in the certificate of such
holder, and any person who shall willfully make any falae
statement in any verified report or declaration under oath,
required or authorized under the provisions of sections
143 E to section 143 B (both inclusive) of this article, or either
of them, shall be guilty of perjury, and shall be proceeded
against and punished as provided by the statutes of this State
in relation to the crime of perjury.

Refusal to
make reports.

SEC. 143 O. Any such association refusing or neglecting to
make the report, as provided in section 143 H, shall be excluded
from doing business within this State in procuring new
members. Said insurance commissioner must, within sixty
days after failure to make such report, or in case any such
association shall exceed its powers, or shall conduct its business
fraudulently, or shall fail to comply with any of the provisions
of sections 143 E to section 143 R (both inclusive) of this
article, immediately commence an action against such associa-
tion to enjoin the same from carrying on any business. And
no injunction against any such association shall be granted by
any court, except on application as set forth in this section.
No association so enjoined shall have authority to continue
business until such report shall be made, or overt act or viola-
tion complained of shall have been corrected, nor until the
costs of such action be paid by it; provided, the court shall
find that such association was in default as charged; whereupon,
the insurance commissioner shall reinstate such association,
and not until then shall such association be allowed to again do
business in this State. Any officer, agent or person acting for
any association or subordinate body thereof within this State,
in procuring new members, while such association shall be so
enjoined or prohibited from doing business pursuant to this
section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con-
viction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than