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-443§ 9S8. Counterfeiting ticket of common carrier Whoever: (1) counterfeits, forges or alters a ticket, check, order, coupon, receipt for fare, or pass, issued by a common carrier or by a lessee or manager thereof, designed to entitled the holder to ride in the cars, vehicles, vessels, or aircraft of the carrier; or (2) with intent to defraud the common carrier or a lessee thereof, or an}' other person, utters, publishes, or puts into circulation any such counterfeit or altered ticket, check, order, coupon, receipt for fare, or pass— shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in jail or in the penitentiary not more than one year, or both. § 989. Restoring cancelled railroad ticket Whoever: (1) for the purpose of restoring to its original appearance and nominal value, in whole or in part, removes, conceals, fills up or obliterates the cuts, marks, punch holes or other evidence of cancellation, from a ticket, check, order, coupon, receipt for fare, or pass, issued by a common carrier or by a lessee or manager thereof, cancelled in whole or in part, with intent to dispose of it by gift, or to circulate it, or with intent to defraud the common carrier or lessee thereof, or any other person; or (2) with like intent to defraud, otfers for sale or in payment of fare on the railroad or vessels, or in the vehicles or aircraft, of the carrier, such a ticket, check, order, coupon, or pass, knowing it to have been restored in whole or in part— shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in jail not more than 180 days, or both. § 990. Altering service center, commissary, retail store, sales store, post exchange, or restaurant check or coupon Whoever, with intent to defraud, alters a service center, commissary, retail store, sales store, post exchange, or restaurant check, ticket, coupon, or other evidence of a transaction with a service center, commissary, retail store, sales store, post exchange, or restaurant, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned in jail not more than 180 days, or both. § 991. Issuing instruments to circulate as money Whoever makes, issues or puts in circulation a bill, check, ticket, certificate, promissory note, or the paper of a bank, to circulate as money, except as authorized by the laws of the United States or the Canal Zone, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both. § 992. Procuring or offering forged instrument to be filed or recorded Whoever knowingly procures or offers a forged or false instrument to be filed, registered or recorded in a public office within the Canal Zone, which instrument if genuine might be filed, registered or recorded under the laws of the Canal Zone or the laws of the United States applicable to the Canal Zone, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years, or both.
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