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Part 2 Specific Offenses
Chapter 14 Offenses of Falsifying Weights and Measures
Article 206
A person who manufactures a weight or measure not in conformity with the legal standard or alters a weight or measure which is in conformity with the legal standard with purpose that it be used 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 207
A person who sells a weight or measure not in conformity with the legal standard with purpose that it be used shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than six months, short-term imprisonment, or a fine of not more than nine thousand dollars.
Article 208
A person who uses a weight or measure not in conformity with the legal standard shall be fined not more than nine thousand dollars.
A person who in the performance of his occupation commits the offense specified in the preceding paragraph shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than six months, short-term imprisonment, or a fine of not more than fifteen thousand dollars.
Article 209
A weight or measure not in conformity with the legal standard shall be confiscated whether or not it belongs to the offender.