willfully makes any false count or canvass, or who willfully declines or fails to perform any duty or obligation imposed by the Election Law, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one mon th nor more than one year, or by a fine of not less than two hundred pesos nor more than five hundred pesos, or both. [1582-29.] S ECTION  2633 . Premature or Improper Examination of Ballots .— Any officer of election who before the ballots are opened for counting reads or examines, or permits to be read or examined, the names written upon the ballot of any voter, unless such ballot sha ll have been prepared by him in accordance with the provisions of the Election Law, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than thirty days or by a fine of not more than two hundred pesos, or both. Any municipal secretary or other officer having custody thereof who examines or permits to be examined, except as prescribed by law, any ballots returned to him by the board of inspectors, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred pesos. [1582-29.] S ECTION  2634 . Destruction or Mutilation of Ballots . — Any officer having custody of any such ballots who shall willfully destroy or mutilate the same, or permit the destruction or mutilation thereof except as prescribed by law, shall be punished by impriso nment for not less than one month nor more than two years, or by a fine of not less than one hundred pesos nor more than one thousand pesos, or both. [1582-29.] S ECTION  2635 . Illegal Voting . — Whoever at any election votes or attempts to vote, knowing that he is not entitled so to do, or votes or attempts to vote under any name other than his own, or more than once in his own name, or casts or attempts to cast mor e than one ballot, or willfully places any distinguishing mark upon a ballot, or makes any false statement as to his ability to fill out his ballot, or willfully allows his ballot to be seen by any person, except as prescribed by law, or willfully gives any  false answer to any election officer touching any matter which is lawfully the subject of official inquiry, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than two years, or by a fine of not less than one hundred pesos nor more th an one thousand pesos, or both. [1582-30.] S ECTION  2636 . Tampering with Election Official . — Any person who 846 Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011