§ 12673
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(a)Every director or officer of any corporation is guilty of a crime if such director or officer knowingly concurs in making or publishing, either generally or privately, to members or other persons
(1)any materially false report or statement as to the financial condition of the corporation, or
(2)any willfully or fraudulently exaggerated report, prospectus, account, or statement of operations, financial condition, or prospects, or
(3)any other paper intended to give, and having a tendency to give, a membership in such corporation a greater or lesser value than it really possesses.
(b)Every director or officer of any corporation is guilty of a crime who refuses to make or direct to be made any book entry or the posting of any notice required by law in the manner required by law.
(c)A violation of subdivision
(a)or
(b)of this section shall be punishable by imprisonment in state prison or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year or both such fine and imprisonment.