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Part 2 Specific Offenses
Chapter 15 Offenses of Forging Instruments or Seals
Article 210
A person who forges or alters a private document and causes injury to the public or another shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years.
Article 211
A person who forges or alters a public document and causes injury to the public or another shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than one year but not more than seven years.
Article 212
A person who forges or alters a passport, transportation ticket, exception permit, special permit; or a certificate, a letter of introduction, or the like concerning the character, capacity, service, or other qualification of a person and causes injury to the public or another shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year, short-term imprisonment, or a fine of not more than nine thousand dollars.
Article 213
A public official who makes in a public document within his charge an entry which he knows to be false and causes injury to the public or another shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than one year but not more than seven years.
Article 214
A person who causes a public official to make in a public document an entry which such a person knows to be false and causes injury to the public or another shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years, short-term imprisonment, or a fine of not more than fifteen thousand dollars.
Article 215
A person who makes in a document or certificate prepared in the course of his occupation an entry which he knows to be false and causes injury to the public or another shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years, short-term imprisonment or a fine of not more than fifteen thousand dollars.
Article 216
A person who puts into circulation a document specified in one of the articles, 210 through 215, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions relating to forging or altering documents, making a false entry, or causing a false entry to be made.
Article 217
A person who forges a seal, the impression of a seal, or a signature and causes injury to the public or another shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years.
A person who uses without authority a seal, the impression of a seal, or a signature and causes injury to the public or another shall be subject to the same punishment.
Article 218
A person who forges a public seal or the impression of a public seal shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years.
A person who uses without authority a public seal or the impression of a public seal and causes injury to the public or another shall be subject the same punishment.
Article 219
A forged seal, impression of a seal, or a signature shall be confiscated whether or not it belongs to the offender.
Article 220
A writing, symbol, drawing, photograph on a piece of paper or an article which by custom or by special agreement is sufficient evidence of intention therein contained shall be considered a document within the meaning of this Chapter and other chapters.
So shall be an audio recording, a visual recording, or an electromagnetic recording and the voices, images or symbols that are shown through computer process and are sufficient evidence of intention therein contained.
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