Article 313: A public official who wrongfully issues or causes to be issued one of the documents listed in article 311 shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of one to three years and a fine of 100, 0000 to 1000,000 francs. Article 314: Shall be punishable by imprisonment of six months to three years and a fine of 50,000 to 500,000 francs, any person who, in a public or authentic document or in an administrative document intended for an authority, uses surnames and forenames other than his own. Article 315: Anyone who has taken the name of a third party in circumstances that have caused or could have caused a conviction of the third party to be entered in the criminal record shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of six months to five years and a fine of 50,000 to 1,000,000 francs, without prejudice to any prosecution for forgery. The sentence thus pronounced shall be served immediately after that incurred for the offence upon which the usurpation of name was committed. The penalties provided for in the first paragraph shall be imposed on anyone who, by making false statements concerning the civil status of an accused person, has knowingly caused a conviction to be entered in the criminal record of another person. Article 316: Anyone who, under false name or capacity, has had an Excerpt from the criminal record of a third party issued to him is punished by fifteen days to six months imprisonment and by a fine of 50,000 to 500,000 francs. The same penalties shall be imposed on anyone who provides fictitious identity information that has caused or could have caused erroneous entries in the criminal record. Article 317: Attempts to commit the offenses provided for in this section shall be punishable. Section 3: Counterfeiting and illegal use of seals, governmental marks, hallmarks and stamps Article 318: Anyone who reproduces or imitates the seal of the State without authorization or knowingly uses the seal thus reproduced or imitated shall be punished by life imprisonment. Article 319: Shall be punished by an imprisonment of two to ten years and a fine of 100.000 to 1.000.000 francs, whoever reproduces or imitates without authorization or falsifies the national stamps, the State hammers being used for the marks, the hallmarks being used to mark the gold and silver materials. Whoever knowingly makes use of the reproduced, imitated or falsified stamps, hammers or hallmarks shall be punished with the same penalty. The attempt shall be punishable.

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