Article 242 Bis Federal Criminal Code
BOOK TWO · TITLE THIRTEEN. Falsity · CHAPTER III. Falsification of seals, keys, dies or stamps, marks, weights and measures
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026
A prison sentence of one to five years and a fine of two hundred to two thousand pesos shall be imposed on whoever in any form alters the marks, blood or fire brands, that are used to distinguish cattle, without authorization of the person who has them legally registered before the competent authority.