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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="4-108" title_number="4" title_name="Pretrial Procedures" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Charging Procedures and Documents">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In making an averment as to an instrument, whether the instrument consists wholly or partly of writing, print, or figures, a charging document may describe the instrument by its usual name or designation or by its purport, without setting out a copy of the instrument or part of the instrument.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies to a charging document for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>counterfeiting, issuing, disposing of, altering, stealing, embezzling, destroying, or passing any kind of instrument; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>theft by the obtaining of property by false pretenses.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A charging document is sufficient if the charging document alleges that the defendant acted with the intent to defraud, without alleging the intent of the defendant to defraud any particular person.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
