If any person shall knowingly and wilfully sign any nomination petition or nomination paper, without having the qualifications prescribed by this act, or if any person shall set opposite a signature on a nomination petition or paper, a date other than the actual date such signature was affixed thereto, or if any person shall set opposite the signature on a nomination petition or nomination paper, a false statement of the signer's place of residence or occupation, or it any person shall sign more nomination petitions or nomination papers than permitted by the provisions of this act, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding one hundred ($100) dollars, or to undergo an imprisonment of not less than three (3) months nor more than two (2) years, or both, at the discretion of the court.