(a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to violate any of the provisions of this act unless the violation is by this act or other law of this state declared to be a felony.
(b) Unless another penalty is in this act or by the laws of this state provided, every person convicted of a misdemeanor for the violation of any provision of this act shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment of not more than ninety (90) days.
History. Acts 1937, No. 280, § 42; Pope's Dig., § 6866; Acts 1939, No. 72, § 2; 1941, No. 370, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-346; Acts 2001, No. 1802, § 1.
Amendments. The 2001 amendment added “of not more than ninety (90) days” at the end of (b).
Meaning of “this act”. Acts 1937, No. 280, codified as §§ 27-16-101, 27-16-102, 27-16-201 - 27-16-207, 27-16-301 - 27-16-306, 27-16-501, 27-16-502, 27-16-504, 27-16-506, 27-16-601 - 27-16-605, 27-16-701 - 27-16-705, 27-16-801 - 27-16-806, 27-16-901, 27-16-903 - 27-16-913, 27-16-1001 [repealed].
Case Notes
Parent who allows a minor child to drive without a license commits a misdemeanor, but violation of law does not make parent liable as a matter of law for negligence of child as result of a collision. Richardson v. Donaldson, 220 Ark. 173, 246 S.W.2d 551 (1952), questioned, Vaught v. Ross, 244 Ark. 1218, 428 S.W.2d 631 (Ark. 1968).
No grand jury action, indictment, or information was necessary to prosecute the defendant for driving without a license, since driving without a license is a misdemeanor and a misdemeanor may be charged by a citation. Satterlee v. State, 289 Ark. 450, 711 S.W.2d 827 (1986).
Cited: Gran v. Hale, 294 Ark. 563, 745 S.W.2d 129 (1988); Cook v. State, 321 Ark. 641, 906 S.W.2d 681 (1995).