30-14-222. Injunctions -- damages -- production of evidence. (1) Any person, if injured thereby, or the attorney general may maintain an action to enjoin a continuance of an act in violation of 30-14-205 through 30-14-218 and for the recovery of damages. If in such action the court finds that the defendant is violating or has violated any of the provisions of 30-14-205 through 30-14-218, it shall enjoin the defendant from a continuance thereof. It is not necessary to allege or prove actual damages to the plaintiff.
     (2) In addition to such injunctive relief, the plaintiff is entitled to recover from the defendant three times the amount of actual damages sustained.
     (3) A defendant in an action brought under this section may be required to testify under the Montana Rules of Civil Procedure. In addition the books and records of any such defendant may be brought into court and introduced into evidence by reference. No information so obtained may be used against the defendant as a basis for a misdemeanor prosecution under 30-14-205 through 30-14-218 and 30-14-224.

     History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 80, L. 1937; Sec. 51-111, R.C.M. 1947; amd. and redes. 51-521 by Sec. 21, Ch. 518, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 51-521.