25 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 17 - Penalties

  • Chapter Notes
  • Section 1701 - Lawful Orders
    A person who intentionally disobeys a lawful order of a registration commission or a commissioner commits a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall,...
  • Section 1702 - Registration
    (a) Improper.--A registrar, commissioner or clerk who knowingly registers or permits the registration of an applicant not lawfully entitled to be registered commits a...
  • Section 1703 - Application
    (a) Prohibition.--An individual may not do any of the following: (1) Apply for registration with knowledge or reason to know that the individual is...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 1705 - Votes
    (a) Prohibition.--An election officer may not do any of the following: (1) Knowingly refuse the vote of a registered elector. (2) Knowingly accept the...
  • Section 1706 - Duties Under Part
    Any commissioner, registrar, clerk, inspector of registration, commission officer, commission assistant, commission employee, individual, partnership or corporation that intentionally delays, neglects or refuses to...
  • Section 1707 - Official Documents And Electronic Records
    (a) Prohibition.--A person may not do any of the following: (1) Intentionally insert or permit to be inserted a material entry in any registration...
  • Section 1708 - Withholding Information
    A person who intentionally refuses to furnish to a commissioner or an inspector of registration information or documents which the commissioner or inspector is...
  • Section 1709 - Law Enforcement Assistance
    A law enforcement officer who, upon demand of any commissioner or inspector of registration or of the secretary, fails to render demanded assistance in...
  • Section 1710 - Interference
    A person who intentionally interferes with any other person in the performance of any act or duty authorized or imposed by this part commits...
  • Section 1711 - Preventing Registration
    (a) Prohibition.--No person may do any of the following: (1) Knowingly and intentionally prevent an applicant who is a qualified elector from being registered....
  • Section 1712 - Approval Of Registration
    (a) Prohibition.--A person may not do any of the following: (1) Intentionally alter a party designation without a request from the registered elector. (2)...
  • Section 1713 - Solicitation Of Registration
    (a) Prohibition.--A person may not give, solicit or accept payment or financial incentive to obtain a voter registration if the payment or incentive is...
  • Section 1714 - Crimes Code
    The provisions of 18 Pa.C.S. §§ 4902 (relating to perjury), 4903 (relating to false swearing) and 4904 (relating to unsworn falsification to authorities) apply...

Last modified: October 8, 2016