Section 5224. Penalty for false statements

Any person and any agent or
  employee of a person, who  knowingly  files  with  the  corporation  any
  document  required  under  this  article, which is false or contains any
  material misstatement of fact shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and  upon
  conviction  therof  shall  be  subject  to  a fine of not less than five
  hundred  dollars,  nor  more  than  twenty-five  hundred   dollars,   or
  imprisonment for not more than thirty days.