(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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In force from 12-07-2016
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