“Civil infraction” defined.

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MI Code › Chapter 257 › Act Act-300-of-1949 › Section 257.6a

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Sec. 6a.

"Civil infraction" means an act or omission prohibited by law which is not a crime as defined in section 5 of Act No. 328 of the Public Acts of 1931, as amended, being section 750.5 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and for which civil sanctions may be ordered.

History: Add. 1978, Act 510, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979

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