§ 1-8. General penalty.

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Any person, firm or corporation committing an offense within the corporate limits of the City of Selma, Alabama, or within the police jurisdiction thereof, which is declared by a law or laws of the State of Alabama now existing or hereafter enacted, to be a misdemeanor, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than one and no/100ths dollars ($1.00) nor more than five hundred and no/100ths dollars ($500.00). In addition thereto, any person so convicted, may be imprisoned or sentenced to hard labor for the City of Selma, Alabama, for a period of not exceeding six (6) months, at the discretion of the court trying the case. Provided, however, that no penalty shall consist of a fine or sentence of imprisonment exceeding the maximum fine and sentence established under state law for the commission of substantially similar offenses.

(Ord. No. 159, § 1, 10-25-71; Ord. No. 286, §§ 1, 2, 12-12-77)

                    
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