Any person who shall knowingly verify, by oath, affirmation, or declaration, any false report or false return or other matter which is false, which by statute is required to be verified by oath, affirmation, or declaration and filed with the Tax Commission, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of the felony of perjury and shall be punished by the imposition of a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ninety (90) days or more than one (1) year or by imprisonment in a state correctional institution for not less than ninety (90) days, or more than ten (10) years.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 414, § 2, emerg. eff. July 7, 1965. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 220, § 9, operative July 1, 1984; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 555, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 404, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 555 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.