Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 13155. Penalties

(a) If any person shall knowingly sign any petition provided for in this act   1 without having the qualifications prescribed by this act, or if any person shall set opposite a signature on any such petition a date other than the actual date such signature was affixed thereto, or if any person shall set opposite the signature on any such petition a false statement of the signer's place of residence or occupation, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or to undergo an imprisonment of not more than two years, or both, at the discretion of the court.

(b) If any person shall knowingly make a false statement in any affidavit required by the provisions of this act to be appended to or to accompany a petition provided for in this act, or if any person shall fraudulently sign any name not his own to any such petition or affidavit, or if any person shall fraudulently alter any such petition without the consent of the signers, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), or to undergo imprisonment of not more than two years, or both, in the discretion of the court.

(c) Any person who shall wilfully deface or destroy any petition provided for in this act or any part thereof, or who shall present or file, or cause to be presented or filed, any such petition, knowing the same or any part thereof to be falsely made, or who shall suppress any such petition or any part thereof which has been duly presented or filed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1000), or to undergo an imprisonment of not more than two years, or both, in the discretion of the court.

(d) Any wilful false statement made under oath or affirmation or in writing stating that it is so made, although such oath or affirmation may not have actually been made by any person regarding any material matter or thing relating to any subject being investigated, heard, determined or acted upon by the clerk of the city council or any other officer of the city or by any court or judge thereof, in accordance with the terms of this act, shall be perjury, and any person, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding five hundred ($500) dollars, or to undergo an imprisonment of not less than three (3) months nor more than two (2) years, or both, in the discretion of the court.

(e)   2 Any officer of a city or a county, or any employe of such officer or of such city or county, or any other person on whom a duty is laid by this act, who shall wilfully neglect or refuse to perform his duty, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1000), or to undergo an imprisonment of not more than two years, or both, in the discretion of the court.

(f) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act for which a penalty is not herein specifically provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1000), or to undergo an imprisonment of not more than two years, or both, in the discretion of the court.