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2006 Florida Statutes
SECTION 18
Penalty for officer assuming to act before qualification.
Penalty for officer assuming to act before qualification.
839.18 Penalty for officer assuming to act before qualification.--Whoever being elected, or appointed, to any office assumes to perform any of the duties thereof before qualification, according to law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083
History.--RS 2737; GS 3732; RGS 5757; CGL 7987; s. 1028, ch. 71-136.