{"code":"ELEC","codeName":"Elections Code","section":"18204","citation":"Elec. Code, § 18204","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 18. PENAL PROVISIONS [18000. - 18700.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-18"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Nomination of Candidates [18200. - 18205.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-18/chapter-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 65.   (AB 109)   Effective April 4, 2011.   Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.","effective":"2011-04-04","html":"<p>Any person who willfully suppresses all or any part of a nomination paper or declaration of candidacy either before or after filing is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section <a href=\"/pen/1170\">1170</a> of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years or by both that fine and imprisonment.</p>","text":"Any person who willfully suppresses all or any part of a nomination paper or declaration of candidacy either before or after filing is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years or by both that fine and imprisonment.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/nomination-of-candidates-18204","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}