Section 1704 - Intentional failure of corporate officers to make reports(a) If any officer or officers of any corporation or association shall intentionally have neglected or refused to make reports to the Auditor General, or to the Department of Revenue, or successively to the Auditor General and to the Department of Revenue, as required by law, for any two successive tax years, he or they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of five hundred dollars, and undergo an imprisonment not exceeding one year, or either, at the discretion of the court.(b) If any officer or officers of any corporation or association shall have neglected or refused to make reports to the Department of Revenue for three successive years, unless excused from so doing by said department, the Department of Revenue may report the fact to the Secretary of the Commonwealth who shall thereupon: (1) In the case of a corporation or association organized under the laws of Pennsylvania, declare the charter thereof forfeited, and its charter privileges at an end, whereupon the same shall cease, end, and be determined, saving, however, the rights of the creditors and stockholders in and to any property, assets, claims, or demands, of or belonging to such corporation or association;(2) In the case of a corporation or association organized under the laws of any other State, or of the United States, or of any foreign government, and qualified to do business within this Commonwealth, declare forfeited the right of such corporation or association to do business within this Commonwealth, and thereupon such right shall cease, end, and be determined.(c) Any person or persons who shall (i) exercise or attempt to exercise any powers, privileges, or franchises, under a charter which shall have been declared forfeited hereunder, or (ii) do or attempt to do any business within this Commonwealth in the name of, or for, or on account of any corporation or association, whose right to do business within this Commonwealth shall have been declared forfeited hereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on being convicted thereof, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars, or more than one thousand dollars.1929, April 9, P.L. 343, art. XVII, § 1704. Amended 1931, June 1, P.L. 318, § 1; 1937, Feb. 2, P.L. 3, § 1; 1994, Dec. 12, P.L. 1015, No. 138, § 7, imd. effective.