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Mississippi Statutes § 23-15-751 Penalties for offenses by registrar or commissioner of elections or officers taking affidavits

⤴ Up to Subarticle E: General Provisions

Statute Text

If any registrar or commissioner of elections shall refuse or neglect to perform any of the duties prescribed by Sections 23-15-621 through 23-15-735 , or shall knowingly permit any person to sign a false affidavit or otherwise knowingly permit any person to violate Sections 23-15-621 through 23-15-735 , or shall violate any of the provisions thereof, or if any officer taking the affidavits as provided in said acts shall make any false statement in his certificate thereto attached, he shall, upon conviction, 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.

Source

Derived from 1972 Code § 23-9-701 [Codes, 1942, § 3203-601; Laws, 1972, ch. 490, § 601; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 344]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 237; Laws, 1993, ch. 528, § 15, eff. 8/16/1993 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection).

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