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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="2-305" title_number="2" title_name="General Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Facsimile Signatures and Seals">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not use, with intent to defraud, on a public security or an instrument of payment:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a facsimile signature, or any reproduction of it, of any authorized officer; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a facsimile seal, or any reproduction of it, of the State or of any of its political subdivisions.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or both.</text>
  </level>
</section>
