7. No shopkeeper, peddler, hawker or other person shall sell or retail any goods, wares or merchandise during Sunday under penalty of a fine of not more than $20 for the first offence, and not less than $20 nor more than $40 for every subsequent offence.
Nevertheless, articles collected from the public for churches, and those destined for pious purposes, may be sold on Sunday at the doors of country churches.
R. S. 1964, c. 302, s. 7.