Article 235 Federal Criminal Code

From one to five years of imprisonment and up to five hundred days fine shall be imposed:

I.- On whoever produces, stores or distributes pieces of paper with a size similar or equal to that of banknotes, when such pieces present some of the images or elements contained in those, resulting thereby in pieces with the appearance of banknotes;

II.- On whoever marks currency with legends, seals, dies or in any other way, that are not removable, in order to divulge messages directed to the public.

III.- On whoever permits the use or carries out the transfer, by any means and title, of machines, instruments or tools that can only serve for the manufacture of currency, to persons not legally authorized for it.