Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 180
180. Any public officer or servant who, in drawing up any act
within the scope of his duties, shall fraudulently alter the su bstance
or the circumstances thereof, whether by inserting any stipulat ion
different from that dictated or drawn up by the parties, or by
declaring as true what is false, or as an acknowledged fact a f act
which is not acknowledged as such, shall, on conviction, be lia ble
to the punishment established in the last preceding article or to
imprisonment for a term from eighteen months to three years, wi th
or without solitary confinement.
Delivery of
writings falsely
purporting to be
copies of public
acts which do
not exist.
Amended by:
XLIX.1981.4.
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