12. Any society placing any child of known vicious tendencies, or who has been an inmate of a reformatory, shall be liable to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars nor less than twenty-five dollars, and the agent or officer of such society who has placed such child shall be liable to a fine of not more than fifty dollars nor less than ten dollars, and, in default of payment, to imprisonment for not more than six months nor less than one month.
R. S. 1964, c. 219, s. 12.