CPF · Article 409

Article 409 Federal Criminal Code

BOOK TWO · TITLE TWENTY-FOURTH. Electoral Crimes and in matters of the National Registry of Citizens · SOLE CHAPTER

Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026

From twenty to one hundred days fine and imprisonment of three months to five years shall be imposed, on anyone who:

I.- Provides false documents or information to the National Registry of Citizens to obtain the document that accredits citizenship; and

II.- Alters in any way, substitutes, destroys or makes improper use of the document that accredits citizenship, which in the terms of the law on the matter, is issued by the National Registry of Citizens.

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Federal Criminal Code, Article 409. https://articuladomx.com/en/federal-criminal-code/article-409/

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Corpus 2026.10.08