§ 1814Nomination Petitions; Certificates and Papers; Destruction; Fraudulent Filing; Suppression

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Any person who
shall falsely make any nomination certificate or who shall
wilfully deface or destroy any nomination petition, nomination
certificate or nomination paper, or any part thereof, or any
letter of withdrawal, or who shall file any nomination petition,
nomination certificate or nomination paper or letter of
withdrawal knowing the same, or any part thereof, to be falsely
made, or who shall suppress any nomination petition, nomination
certificate or nomination paper, or any part thereof, which has
been duly filed, 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 more than one (1) year, or both, in the
discretion of the court.

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