Every officer, agent or employee of a public utility, and every other person who knowingly authorizes, directs, issues or executes, causes to be issued or executed, or aids in the issue or execution of any stock, stock certificate, bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness, in nonconformity with the order of the Commission authorizing the same, or contrary to the provisions of this Act; or who, in any proceeding before the Commission, knowingly makes any false statement or representation, or with the knowledge of its falsity files or causes to be filed with the Commission any false statement or representation, which said statement or representation so made, filed or cause to be filed, may tend in any way to influence the Commission to make an order authorizing the issue of any stock or
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Every officer, agent or employee of a public utility, and every other person who knowingly authorizes, directs, issues or executes, causes to be issued or executed, or aids in the issue or execution of any stock, stock certificate, bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness, in nonconformity with the order of the Commission authorizing the same, or contrary to the provisions of this Act; or who, in any proceeding before the Commission, knowingly makes any false statement or representation, or with the knowledge of its falsity files or causes to be filed with the Commission any false statement or representation, which said statement or representation so made, filed or cause to be filed, may tend in any way to influence the Commission to make an order authorizing the issue of any stock or stock certificate, or any bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness, or which results in procuring from the Commission the making of any such order, or who, with knowledge that any false statement or representation was made to the Commission, in any proceeding, tending in any way to influence the Commission to make such order, issues or executes or negotiates, or causes to be issued, executed or negotiated any such stock or stock certificate, or bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness, or who, directly or indirectly, knowingly applies, or causes or assists to be applied the proceeds or any part thereof, from the sale of any stock or stock certificate, or bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness, to any purpose not specified in the Commission's order or to any purpose specified in the Commission's order in excess of the amount authorized for such purpose, or who, with knowledge that any stock or stock certificate, or bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness, has been issued or executed in violation of any of the provisions of this Act, negotiates, or causes the same to be negotiated, shall be guilty of a Class 3 felony.