§ 19.19. Offenses.

No person shall:

(a)

Falsely impersonate another in the signing of any petition for initiative, referendum or recall, or forge any name thereto, or deface, destroy, or remove from any of the places designated in this charter any copy of a petition for recall with intent to interfere with or defeat such recall;

(b)

Sign any petition for initiative, referendum or recall with knowledge that he is not qualified voter of the city; or purposely write his name or residence falsely in the signing of any such petition; or sign or intentionally permit to be signed any petition for recall at any other place than hereinbefore designated for the signing of such petitions; or employ or pay another or accept employment on the basis of the number of signatures subscribed thereto, or for circulating any petition permitted by this charter to be circulated.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

The foregoing provisions shall not be deemed or held to be exclusive of, but in addition to, all laws of the Commonwealth prescribing penalties for the same offenses, or for other offenses relating to the same matter.

(Acts 1982, ch. 398)

(Acts 1982, ch. 398)