13.__Escrow__installments.__To promote compliance with the provisions of this section, the Attorney General may adopt rules requiring a tobacco product manufacturer subject to the requirements of subsection 3, paragraph A to make the required deposits in the qualified escrow fund in installments during the year in which the sales covered by the deposits are made.__The Attorney General may require sufficient information to enable the Attorney General to determine the adequacy of the amount of the installment deposit.

14.__Rules.__The Attorney General may adopt rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.__Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

15.__Unlawful acts.__It is unlawful for a person to:

A.__Sell or distribute cigarettes in violation of subsection 7; or

B.__Acquire, hold, own, possess, transport, import or cause to be imported cigarettes that the person knows or should have known are intended for distribution or sale in the State in violation of subsection 7.

16.__Criminal penalty.__A violation of this section is a Class E crime except that violation of this section is a Class D crime when the person has one or more prior convictions for violation of this section.__For purposes of this subsection, the date of the prior conviction must precede the commission of the offense being enhanced by no more than 10 years.__The date of conviction is deemed the date that sentence is imposed.

Each stamp affixed and each offer to sell cigarettes in violation of subsection 7 constitutes a separate violation.

17.__Contraband; seizure.__Cigarettes that have been sold, offered for sale or possessed for sale in this State in violation of subsection 7 are deemed contraband under Title 36, section 4372-A and the cigarettes are subject to seizure and forfeiture as provided in section 4372-A.__All cigarettes so seized and forfeited must be destroyed and may not be resold.

18.__Injunction.__The Attorney General may seek an injunction to restrain a threatened or actual violation of subsection 7, 9 or 12 and to compel compliance with these subsections.