Section 73-C - Violations1. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article or any local law, ordinance, order, rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this article, shall be guilty of a violation unless such conduct is declared to be a misdemeanor or a felony pursuant to this chapter or any other law of this state.2. Every person convicted of a violation for a violation of any of the provisions of this article or of any ordinance, order, rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this article for which another penalty is not provided shall for a first conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than two hundred fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than seven days or by both such fine and imprisonment; for a conviction of a second violation, both of which were committed within a period of twenty-four months, such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment of not more than fifteen days or by both such fine and imprisonment; upon a conviction for a third or subsequent violation, all of which were committed within a period of twenty-four months, such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment.