Every person who, not authorized to do so, shall use or misuse the legislative council stamp which is affixed to the explanation portion of legislation or the bill itself or shall cause to make any notation in any manner whatsoever on the explanation portion of legislation or the bill itself that indicates or purports to indicate that it is approved by the legislative council, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months or fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or shall suffer both that fine and imprisonment.