As Amended
SEC. 23-15-93. Penalties.
If any registrar or commissioner of elections shall refuse or neglect to perform any of the duties imposed upon him by this chapter regarding the registration of electors, or shall knowingly permit any person to sign a false affidavit or otherwise knowingly permit any person to violate any provision of this chapter regarding the registration of electors, or shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter regarding the registration of electors, or if any officer taking the affidavits as provided in this chapter regarding registration of electors shall make any false statement in his certificate thereto attached, he shall be deemed guilty of a crime and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($ 1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding one (1) year, and shall be removed from office.
SOURCES: Derived from 1972 Code Sec. 23-5-311 [Codes, 1942, Sec. 3203-601; Laws, 1972, ch. 490, Sec. 601; Repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, Sec. 337]; En, Laws, 1986, ch. 495, Sec. 27, eff from and after January 1, 1987.