An appointing authority or other person who shall procure the signing of a waiver or otherwise induce an eligible to withdraw his or her name through fraud, misrepresentation, duress, or promise shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History of Section.
P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 14; P.L. 1955, ch. 3527, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-27.