1. (a) The following persons shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or both:

   1. (1) Any person who willfully and knowingly makes any false statement in a certificate, record, or report required to be filed under this part, or in an application for an amendment thereof or in an application for a certified copy of a vital record, or who willfully and knowingly supplies false information intending that such information be used in the preparation of any such report, record, or certificate, or amendment thereof;
   2. (2) Any person who without lawful authority and with the intent to deceive, makes, counterfeits, alters, amends, or mutilates any certificate, record, or report required to be filed under this part or a certified copy of such certificate, record, or report;

   3. (3) Any person who willfully and knowingly obtains, possesses, uses, sells, furnishes, or attempts to obtain, possess, use, sell, or furnish to another, for any purpose of deception, any certificate, record, report, or certified copy thereof so:

      1. (A) Made;
      2. (B) Counterfeited;
      3. (C) Altered;
      4. (D) Amended; or
      5. (E) Mutilated;

   4. (4) Any person who, with the intent to deceive, willfully and knowingly obtains, possesses, uses, sells, furnishes, or attempts to obtain, possess, use, sell, or furnish to another any certificate of birth or certified copy of a certificate of birth knowing that such certificate or certified copy was issued upon a certificate that:

      1. (A) Is false in whole or in part; or
      2. (B) Relates to the birth of another person, whether living or deceased;
   5. (5) Any person who willfully and knowingly furnishes or processes a certificate of birth or certified copy of a certificate of birth with the knowledge or intention that it be used for the purpose of deception by a person other than the person to whom the certificate of birth relates; or
   6. (6) Any person who without authority possesses any certificate, record, or report required by this part or a copy or certified copy of such certificate, record, or report knowing same to have been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained.

2. (b) The following persons shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or both:

   1. (1) Any person who willfully and knowingly refuses to provide information required by this part adopted hereunder;
   2. (2) Any person who willfully and knowingly transports or accepts for transportation, interment, or other disposition, a dead body without an accompanying permit as provided in this part; or
   3. (3) Any person who willfully and knowingly neglects or violates any of the provisions of this part or refuses to perform any of the duties imposed upon him by this part.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: "(Reference: Section 4 of Act 1254 of 1995)"