{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:article:223","workId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:en","title":"Falsification or Misuse of Official Seals and Marks","number":"223","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/223/","hierarchy":{"part":"PART II — THE SPECIAL PART","book":"BOOK II — OFFENCES AGAINST THE INTERESTS OF THE STATE","title":null,"chapter":"Chapter 10. — Offences against the Fiscal and Economic Interests of the State"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"A person who counterfeits, alters or misuses any seal or official mark of a governmental or public authority or who uses any counterfeit seal or official mark knowing it is a counterfeit,","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/223/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":172,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/172/?article=223&paragraph=lead#article-223-lead"}]},{"id":"u2","number":"","text":"is guilty of falsification or misuse of official seals and marks, a Class 8 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 5 years.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/223/#u2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":172,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/172/?article=223&paragraph=u2#article-223-u2"}]}],"caution":"English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation."}