Section 17-16-48

False or fraudulent returns.

Any person who makes a false or fraudulent return of the result of any primary election, or who falsely or fraudulently changes the votes, ballots, figures or results of any election shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $50.00 and not more than $1,000.00, and may be sentenced to hard labor for a term not exceeding 12 months.

(Code 1907, §6820; Code 1923, §3943; Code 1940, T. 17, §397.)