Section 12-26-17 - Bribery or acceptance of bribe as infamous crime--Forfeiture of office. - South Dakota Statutes

12-26-17. Bribery or acceptance of bribe as infamous crime--Forfeiture of office. Any person committing the offense of bribery of voters or receiving a bribe as specified in §§ 12-26-15 and 12-26-16 is guilty of an infamous crime, and any person convicted thereof shall, in addition to the criminal punishment, forfeit any office to which he may have been elected at the election at which such offense was committed.

Source: SL 1891, ch 58, § 7; RPenC 1903, § 64; RC 1919, § 3655; SDC 1939, § 13.0922; SL 1976, ch 105, § 75; SL 1982, ch 86, § 123.