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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 186 hundred eighty (180) days, or by both fine and imprisonment. Each such false statement or representation or failure to disclose a material fact shall constitute a separate offense for each week of benefits. C. Upon conviction sentences may be suspended or upon a plea of guilty judgment and sentencing may be deferred only upon the condition of full restitution to the Commission of all benefits so obtained or the excess of any benefits so increased. Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 5-102, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 452, § 29, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.

§40-5-103. Violations by employers. VIOLATIONS BY EMPLOYERS. Any employer or any officer or agent of an employer or any other person who makes a false statement or representation knowing it to be false, or who knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, to prevent or reduce the payment of benefits to any individual entitled thereto, or to avoid becoming or remaining a subject employer or to avoid or reduce any contribution or other payment required from an employing unit under this act or under the unemployment compensation law of any state or of the federal government, or who willfully fails or refuses to make or to furnish any reports required hereunder or to produce or permit the inspection or copying of records as required hereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for not longer than ninety (90) days, or by both fine and imprisonment; and each such false statement or representation or failure to disclose a material fact, and each day of such failure or refusal shall constitute a separate offense. Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 5-103, eff. July 1, 1980.

§40-5-104. Violations of act, and regulations for which no specific penalty is otherwise provided. VIOLATIONS OF ACT, AND REGULATIONS FOR WHICH NO SPECIFIC PENALTY IS OTHERWISE PROVIDED. Any person who shall willfully violate any provision of this act or any order, rule, or regulation thereunder, the violation of which is made unlawful or the observance of which is required under the terms of this act, and for which a penalty is neither prescribed in this act nor provided by any other applicable statute, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for not longer than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and each day such violation continues shall be deemed to be a separate offense. Added by Laws 1980, c. 323, § 5-104, eff. July 1, 1980.