Any person chosen as member of the state committee, county committee, or any municipal committee of any political party who shall sit or perform any duty, or exercise any functions as a member of such committee after his election thereto shall have been declared null and void, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and each member of any such committee who shall vote to recognize any such member after such election shall have been declared null and void shall likewise be guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.J.S. § 19:34-50