Section 107: Fraudulent alteration of public document
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107. Fraudulent alteration of public document
Tout fonctionnaire ou officier public Any functionary, or public officer
qui, en rédigeant des actes de son who, in drawing up a document or
ministère en aura frauduleusement writing in the discharge of his duty,
dénaturé la substance ou les circons- fraudulently alters its substance or
tances, soit en écrivant des conven- particulars, whether by inserting any
tions autres que celles qui auraient été condition other than that directed or
tracées ou dictées par les parties, soit dictated by the parties, or by stating
en constatant comme vrais des faits any false fact as true, or any fact as
faux, ou comme avoués des faits qui acknowledged which has not been so
ne l’étaient pas, acknowledged,
shall be punished by penal servitude.
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- What is the penalty for a public officer who dishonestly alters the substance of an official document?