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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
A. (1) It shall be unlawful for any candidate, treasurer, or chairman of a committee, or any other person required to file reports under this Part to knowingly, willfully, and fraudulently fail to file or knowingly, willfully, and fraudulently fail to timely file any such report.
(2) Any candidate, treasurer, or chairman of a committee, or any other person required to file reports under this Chapter who knowingly, willfully, and fraudulently fails to file such report or knowingly, willfully, and fraudulently fails to file such report timely shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to not more than six months in a parish jail or to pay a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or both.
B. (1) It shall be unlawful for any candidate, treasurer, or chairman of a committee, or any other person required to file reports under the Chapter knowingly, willfully, and fraudulently to fail to disclose, or knowingly, willfully, and fraudulently to disclose inaccurately, any information required to be disclosed in the reports required by this Chapter.
(2) Any candidate, treasurer, or chairman of a committee, or any other person required to file such reports who knowingly, willfully, and fraudulently fails to disclose any such information or who knowingly, willfully, and fraudulently fails to accurately disclose such information shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to not in excess of six months in the parish jail or to pay a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or both.
C. Any candidate, chairman of a committee, treasurer, person required to file reports under this Chapter, or any other person who knowingly, willfully, and fraudulently violates any provision of R.S. 18:1505.2 or 1505.3, or any other provision of this Chapter shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to not in excess of six months in the parish jail or to pay a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or both.
D. (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to commit an intentional criminal violation of the provisions of R.S. 18:1501.1(A)(2).
(2) Any person who commits an intentional criminal violation of R.S. 18:1501.1(A)(2) shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than twice the amount of such expenditure or compensation or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or both.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 18, § 1505.6. Criminal penalties - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-18-sect-1505-6/
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