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Except where otherwise provided in this Code, whenever in this Code or in any ordinance of the town any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense, or whenever in this Code or ordinance the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of such Code, ordinances and regulations shall be, upon conviction, punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days in some jail or house of correction, and/or restitution in cases involving property damage or personal injury in an amount up to twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) and/or voluntary community service for a town or city agency for not more than ten (10) days for any one (1) offense, unless other penalties therefor, or penalties within other limits, are specially prescribed by statute, to be prosecuted by some officer appointed for that purpose and to be recovered to the use of the town or of such person. Cross reference— Miscellaneous offenses, Ch. 8.
State Law reference— Authority to enact general penalty, limitations on penalties, G.L. 1956, § 45-6-2.