Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 18 : Section 1017


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1017. Government seals wrongfully used and instruments wrongfully sealed

      Whoever fraudulently or wrongfully affixes or impresses the seal
    of any department or agency of the United States, to or upon any
    certificate, instrument, commission, document, or paper or with
    knowledge of its fraudulent character, with wrongful or fraudulent
    intent, uses, buys, procures, sells, or transfers to another any
    such certificate, instrument, commission, document, or paper, to
    which or upon which said seal has been so fraudulently affixed or
    impressed, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more
    than five years, or both.



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