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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="5-604" title_number="5" title_name="Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Crimes Involving Controlled Dangerous Substances and Paraphernalia">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “counterfeit substance” means a controlled dangerous substance, or its container or labeling, that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>without authorization, bears a likeness of the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint, number, or device of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser other than the actual manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>thereby falsely purports or is represented to be the product of, or to have been distributed by, the other manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this title, a person may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>create or distribute a counterfeit substance; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>possess a counterfeit substance with intent to distribute it.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this title, a person may not manufacture, distribute, or possess equipment that is designed to print, imprint, or reproduce an authentic or imitation trademark, trade name, other identifying mark, imprint, number, or device of another onto a drug or the container or label of a drug, rendering the drug a counterfeit substance.</text>
  </level>
</section>
