Section 216 Of Article 1. General Occupations From California Labor Code >> Division 2. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 1.
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. In addition to any other penalty imposed by this article, any
person, or an agent, manager, superintendent, or officer thereof is
guilty of a misdemeanor, who:
(a) Having the ability to pay, willfully refuses to pay wages due
and payable after demand has been made.
(b) Falsely denies the amount or validity thereof, or that the
same is due, with intent to secure for himself, his employer or other
person, any discount upon such indebtedness, or with intent to
annoy, harass, oppress, hinder, delay, or defraud, the person to whom
such indebtedness is due.