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§40-197.11. Exceptions. The Commissioner, to the extent necessary in order to prevent curtailment of opportunities for employment, shall by regulations provide for: (a) the employment of learners, of apprentices, and of messengers employed primarily in delivering letters and messages, under special certificates issued pursuant to regulations of the Commissioner, at such wages lower than the minimum wage applicable and subject to such limitations as to time, number, proportion, and length of service as the Commissioner shall prescribe; and (b) the employment of individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age or physical or mental deficiency or injury, under special certificates issued by the Commissioner, at such wages lower than the minimum wage and for such period as shall be fixed in such certificates; and (c) any individual employed by any state, county, city, town, municipal corporation or quasi-municipal corporation, political subdivision, or any instrumentality thereof; and (d) students and regular attendants at any institution of higher learning, either public or private. Added by Laws 1965, c. 427, § 11, emerg. eff. July 8, 1965. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 47, § 7, eff. July 1, 1978.

§40-197.12. Rules, regulations and standards. The Commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt such rules, regulations and standards as he deems necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions of this act; provided that the adoption of all such rules, regulations and standards and all administrative proceedings of the Commissioner shall be governed by applicable provisions of Sections 301-325, inclusive, of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Added by Laws 1965, c. 427, § 12, emerg. eff. July 8, 1965. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 47, § 8, eff. July 1, 1978.

§40-197.13. Penalty for failure to pay minimum compensation. Any employer, or the officer or agent of any corporation, who pays or agrees to pay to any employee less than the rate of compensation required by Sections 197.2 and 197.5 of this title, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 60, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1983.

§40-197.14. Penalty for failure to post notice.