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Pennsylvania Statutes § 3249 Oath of compliance; perjury; disqualification from office; commercial use

⤴ Up to Article XVI: Primary and Election Expenses

Statute Text

(a) Each report shall be subscribed and sworn to by the individual submitting the report. In addition, any report filed by a political committee, authorized by a candidate and created solely for the purpose of influencing an election on behalf of that candidate, must be accompanied by an affidavit from that candidate which provides that, to the best of the candidate's knowledge, the political committee has not violated any provision of this act.
(b) Any wilfully false, fraudulent or misleading statement or entry made by any candidate or treasurer in any statement or report under oath as required by this article, shall constitute the crime of perjury, and be punishable as such according to the laws of this Commonwealth.
(c) Any person hereafter convicted of such an act shall be disqualified from holding public office in this Commonwealth. Conviction, as used in this subsection, shall include a finding or verdict of guilt, an admission of guilt, or a plea of nolo contendere.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to use the contents of any statement or report filed under this article for any commercial purpose whatsoever.

History

1937, June 3, P.L. 1333, § 1629, added 1978, Oct. 4, P.L. 893, No. 171, § 2, effective 1/1/1979 .

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