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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 495. Contracts, deeds, and powers of attorney
Whoever falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any deed,
power of attorney, order, certificate, receipt, contract, or other
writing, for the purpose of obtaining or receiving, or of enabling
any other person, either directly or indirectly, to obtain or
receive from the United States or any officers or agents thereof,
any sum of money; or
Whoever utters or publishes as true any such false, forged,
altered, or counterfeited writing, with intent to defraud the
United States, knowing the same to be false, altered, forged, or
counterfeited; or
Whoever transmits to, or presents at any office or officer of the
United States, any such writing in support of, or in relation to,
any account or claim, with intent to defraud the United States,
knowing the same to be false, altered, forged, or counterfeited -
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten
years, or both.
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