California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Elections Code - ELEC |
Division 18. PENAL PROVISIONS |
Chapter 4. Election Campaigns |
ARTICLE 5. Misrepresentation by Candidates |
Section 18351.
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Any candidate in an election or incumbent in a recall election who knowingly makes a false statement of a material fact in a candidate's statement, prepared pursuant to Section 11327 or 13307, with the intent to mislead the voters in connection with his or her campaign for nomination or election to a nonpartisan office is punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)