Article 241 Federal Criminal Code

From four to nine years of imprisonment and a fine of four hundred to two thousand pesos shall be imposed:

I.- On whoever counterfeits the official seals or marks;

II.- On whoever counterfeits the punches for marking the law of gold or of silver;

III.- On whoever counterfeits the dies or stamps destined to manufacture currency or the seal, mark or countersign that any authority uses to identify any object or to secure the payment of any tax;

IV.- On whoever counterfeits the punches, matrices, plates or any other object that serves for the manufacture of shares, obligations, coupons or banknotes spoken of in article 239, and

V.- On whoever counterfeits the inspection marks of weights and measures.

The penalty that corresponds for the crime provided in section I shall be increased by up to one half, when seals of assignees, contractors, permit holders or distributors referred to in the Federal Law to Prevent and Punish Crimes Committed in Matters of Hydrocarbons are counterfeited.