i.e., forgery of official documents by an official, civil servant or a municipal employee is a criminal offense punishable by a fine of up to 500,000 rubles, forced labor, or imprisonment for up to four years.

Civil law

As to the effect, in the United Kingdom, of a forged signature on a bill of exchange, see section 24 of the Bills of Exchange Act 1882.

In popular culture

* The 1839 novel by Honoré de Balzac,

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