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    SECTION 77-A

    Members of the legislature liable to forfeiture of office

    Public Officers (PBO) CHAPTER 47, ARTICLE 4

    § 77-a. Members of the legislature liable to forfeiture of office. The
    conviction of a member of the legislature or any officer or employee of
    the legislature of any of the crimes defined in sections seventy-five,
    seventy-six or seventy-seven of this chapter, shall involve as a
    consequence in addition to the punishment provided in any such section a
    forfeiture of his office; and shall disqualify him from ever afterwards
    holding any office under this state.