Altering registration - 25 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1704

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     § 1704.  Altering registration.
        (a)  Prohibition.--No registrar, commissioner, clerk or
     assistant or commission employee may do any of the following:
            (1)  Intentionally insert or permit to be inserted an
        entry in a registration record without a proper application
        under this part or without requiring the proper evidence of
        the right of the applicant to be registered.
            (2)  Intentionally materially alter a registration record
        after the entries have been made unless the alteration is in
        accordance with this part. This paragraph does not apply to
        an alteration pursuant to an order of a court of common pleas
        or of a commission.
        (b)  Penalty.--A person who violates subsection (a) commits a
     misdemeanor of the first degree and shall, upon conviction, be
     sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $10,000 or to
     imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.

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