§ 1805Insertion and Alteration of Entries in Documents; Removal; Refusal to Deliver

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Any member, chief clerk
or employe of any county board of elections or judge, inspector
or clerk of election, machine inspector, overseer, or other
person, who knowingly inserts or knowingly permits to be
inserted any fictitious name, false figure or other fraudulent
entry on or in any registration card, district register, voter's
certificate, list of voters, affidavit, tally paper, general
or duplicate return sheet, statement, certificate, oath,
voucher, account, ballot or other record or document authorized
or required to be made, used, signed, returned or preserved for
any public purpose in connection with any primary or election;
or who materially alters or intentionally destroys any entry
which has been lawfully made therein, except by order of the
county board of elections or court of competent jurisdiction,
or who takes or removes any such book, affidavit, return,
account, ballot or other document or record from the custody
of any person having lawful charge thereof, in order to prevent
the same from being used or inspected or copied as required or
permitted by this act, or who neglects or refuses, within the
time and in the manner required by this act, to deliver the
same into the custody of the officers who are required by this
act to use or keep the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine
not exceeding one thousand ($1,000) dollars, or to undergo an
imprisonment of not less than one (1) month or more than two
(2) years, or both, in the discretion of the court.

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