Section 17-16-16

Assessment of unauthorized fees against candidates.

Any person who shall, as a condition for standing for nomination to any office in a primary election, assess or cause to be assessed a fee by any committee or other governing body of any political party in this state in excess of that allowed by law shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00.

(Acts 1919, No. 669, p. 969; Code 1923, §3955; Code 1940, T. 17, §408.)