It shall be deemed unlawful for any person to alter, change, replace or deface in any way any section or any page of this village code in such a manner that the meaning of any phrase or order may be changed or omitted. Replacement pages may be inserted according to the official instructions when so authorized by the Village Board. The Village Clerk shall see that the replacement pages are properly inserted in the official copies maintained in the office of the Clerk. Any person having in his or her custody an official copy of this village code shall make every effort to maintain this code in an up-to-date and efficient manner. He or she shall see to the immediate insertion of new or replacement pages when they are delivered to him or her or made available to him or her through the office of the Village Clerk. The code books, while in actual possession of officials and other interested persons, shall be and remain the property of the village and shall be returned to the office of the Clerk when directed so to do by order of the Village Board.
(1983 Code, § 1-1-4) Penalty, see § 10.99