Any person who executes, files, or publishes any statement under this chapter, knowing that such statement is false, in whole or in part, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 55. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)