Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 128D
128D. If in any adoption proceedings a person files a document
purporting to indicate the consent to the adoption or the revoc ation
thereof, where the signature is forged or obtained by fraud or
duress, such person shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on
conviction, be liable t o imprisonment for a term of not less th an six
months but not exceeding one year or to a fine ( multa ) of not less
than one thousand and one hundred and sixty-four euro and sixty -
nine cents (1,164.69) but not more than two thousand and three
hundred and twenty-nine euro and thirty-seven cents (2,329.37), or
to both.
Use of force.
Added by:
IV .2008.41.
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