24.2-1016 - False statements; penalties. - Virginia Statutes

§ 24.2-1016. False statements; penalties.

Any willfully false material statement or entry made by any person in anystatement, form, or report required by this title shall constitute the crimeof election fraud and be punishable as a Class 5 felony. Any preprintedstatement, form, or report shall include a statement of such unlawful conductand the penalty provided in this section.

(Code 1950, § 24-68; 1952, c. 341; 1958, c. 576; 1960, c. 288; 1962, c. 536;1970, c. 462, §§ 24.1-48, 24.1-279; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 205; 1972, c. 620;1974, c. 428; 1975, c. 515; 1977, c. 490; 1978, c. 778; 1980, c. 639; 1989,c. 138; 1992, c. 433; 1993, c. 641.)