(35 ILCS 143/10-53)

Sec. 10-53. Acting as a retailer of tobacco products without a license. Any person who knowingly acts as a retailer of tobacco products in this State without first having obtained a license to do so in compliance with Section 10-21 of this Act or a license in compliance with Section 4g of the Cigarette Tax Act shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Each day such person operates as a retailer without a license constitutes a separate offense.

(Source: P.A. 98-1055, eff. 1-1-16.)