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SECTION 205 — Public Act, Document or Record

In French Ecritures publiques et authentiques

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(1) Whoever forges or alters, whether in its substance or in its date, signatures or countersignatures, any act of the legislature, of the executive (including a passport) or of the judiciary, or any document or record drawn up by a person having exclusive authority so to do, shall be punished with imprisonment for from 10 (ten) to 20 (twenty) years. (2) Whoever makes use of any such document or record so forged or altered shall be punished with imprisonment for from 5 (five) to 10 (ten) years and with fine of from CFAF 40 00 (forty thousand) to CFAF 2 000 000 (two million).
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ARTICLE 205 — Ecritures publiques et authentiques

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Section 205 of the Penal Code /akn/cm/act/loi/2016-07-12/2016-007
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