Counterfeiting seals: creating, possessing, or dishonestly using counterfeit instruments triggers criminal penalties and fines. Making or counterfeiting any seal, plate or other instrument, or possessing such an instrument knowing it to be counterfeit, is punishable where done with intent to facilitate forgery; harsher penalties apply if the intended forgery falls under the offence defined in section 338, while other intended forgeries attract significant imprisonment and fine. Mere possession of a counterfeit instrument knowing it to be counterfeit carries a lesser term of imprisonment and fine. Fraudulent or dishonest use of a counterfeit instrument as genuine, with knowledge or reason to believe it counterfeit, is punished as if the person had made or counterfeited the instrument.
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Counterfeiting seals: creating, possessing, or dishonestly using counterfeit instruments triggers criminal penalties and fines.
Making or counterfeiting any seal, plate or other instrument, or possessing such an instrument knowing it to be counterfeit, is punishable where done with intent to facilitate forgery; harsher penalties apply if the intended forgery falls under the offence defined in section 338, while other intended forgeries attract significant imprisonment and fine. Mere possession of a counterfeit instrument knowing it to be counterfeit carries a lesser term of imprisonment and fine. Fraudulent or dishonest use of a counterfeit instrument as genuine, with knowledge or reason to believe it counterfeit, is punished as if the person had made or counterfeited the instrument.
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