Every person who shall falsely make, forge, counterfeit, or falsely alter any note, certificate, or other security, in imitation of and purporting to be a note, certificate, or other security, which has been or hereafter may be issued for any debt of this state, or any bank bill or note in imitation of or purporting to be a bank bill which has been or hereafter may be issued by any corporation which is or hereafter may be established as a bank, in this state or elsewhere, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years nor less than two (2) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-17-2
Forgery, counterfeiting, or alteration of state debt certificate or bank bill or note
G.L. 1896, ch. 280, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 346, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 398, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 609, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 11-17-2.
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