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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="8-612" title_number="8" title_name="Fraud and Related Crimes" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Counterfeiting and Related Crimes">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “token” means a ticket, coupon, coin, disc, slug, or any other thing that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is evidence of the right of an individual to enter, leave, ride on, or pass through or over any thing or place for which a fee is charged, including a building, ground, public conveyance, vessel, or bridge; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is intended or designed to be inserted into a box or machine for the collection of fees or given to a collector.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person may not counterfeit or issue, or cause to be counterfeited or issued, or aid or assist in counterfeiting or issuing a token without the permission of the person who lawfully issues, sells, or gives away the token.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person may not issue or pass a token if the person knows that it was:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>counterfeited; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>issued without the permission of the person who lawfully issues, sells, or gives away the token.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year.</text>
  </level>
</section>
