§ 47-2-312. Fraud - Penalties.

(a) No person shall knowingly make any false statement or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of the System, in any attempt to defraud such System.

(b) Should any such change in records fraudulently made, or any mistake in records inadvertently made, result in any member or beneficiary of said System receiving or paying more or less than he would have been entitled to had the records been correct, then, on the discovery of such error, the Board shall correct such error and shall adjust payments which he should have paid or received.

(c) Any person violating any provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Laws 1961, p. 336, § 2-312; Laws 1980, c. 357, § 21, eff. July 1, 1980.