Any election officer who shall permit a voter to be accompanied by another into the voting compartment or voting machine booth when the registration card of such person contains no declaration that such person requires assistance, or when such person has not made, under oath or affirmation, the statement required by section 1218 of this act,¹ or when such election officer knows that the disability which the elector declared before any registration commission no longer exists, or who shall permit any person to accompany an elector into the voting compartment or voting machine booth, except as provided by this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding one thousand ($1,000) dollars, or to undergo an imprisonment of not more than one (1) year, or both, in the discretion of the court.