§ 47. Offenses.

No person shall:

(a)

Falsely impersonate another in the signing of any nominating petition or petition for the initiative, referendum or recall, or forge any name thereto; or deface, destroy, or remove from any of the places designated in this Charter, any copy of a petition for recall with intent to interfere with or defeat such recall;

(b)

Sign any nominating petition or petition for initiative, referendum or recall with knowledge that he is not a qualified voter of the city; or purposely write his name or residence falsely in the signing of any such petition; sign or intentionally permit to be signed any petition for recall at any other place than one of the places hereinbefore designated for the signing of such petitions; employ or pay another or accept employment on the basis of the number of signatures subscribed thereto, for circulating any petition permitted by this Charter to be circulated.

Any person violating any of the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars and imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than six months.

Any person violating any of the provisions of paragraph (b) of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than two hundred dollars.

The foregoing provisions shall not be deemed or held to be exclusive of, but in addition to, all laws of the state prescribing penalties for the same offenses, or for other offenses relating to the same matter.