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Law No. 11 of 2004 Issuing the Penal Code

Law Summary Record Type: LawNumber: 11Date: 10/05/2004 Corresponding to 21/03/1425 HijriNumber of Articles: 401Status: In force

Official Gazette :Issue: 7Offcial Journal Issue Publication Date: 30/05/2004 Corresponding to 11/04/1425 HijriPage from: 53

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Forgery and Counterfeit of Seals, Marks and Stamps

211 Article

Whoever alone or with another party forges or counterfeits the State's seal, or the signature or seal of the President of the State, or one of the Revenues' seals or stamps, or signs of any of the parties stipulated in Article 4, or the seal, signature or sign of any of the employees thereof, or the governmental stamps for gold, silver or other precious stones, in order to use them for their original purposes shall be punished with imprisonment for a term up to fifteen years. The same penalty shall apply to any person who knowingly uses any of the above-mentioned or imports them to the country.
212 Article

Whoever illegally uses the State's seal, the seal of the Head of State or any of the Revenues' stamps or seals or the signs of any parties stipulated in Article 4, or the seal of any of its employees shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years.
213 Article

Whoever commits any of the offences stipulated in the preceding two Articles if the Revenues stamps or seals, signs or imprints belong to any private individual shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years.
214 Article

Whoever deletes or amends words, expressions or signs existing on a used revenue stamp in order to illegally reuse it shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding a year and/or a fine not exceeding five thousand (QR 5.000) Riyals.

The same penalty shall apply to any person who knowingly circulates an already used Revenue stamp.
215 Article

Whoever forges or counterfeits metal panels or other signs issued by the Authorities/parties stipulated in Article 4 in implementation of the laws and regulations shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years and/or a fine not exceeding ten thousand (QR 10.000) Riyals.

The same penalty shall apply to any person who uses any of the aforesaid items knowing them to be forged or counterfeited and any person who uses a true sign or panel without having the right to so do.
216 Article

Whoever makes, causes to be made, distributes or offers for sale prints or models, no matter how they are made, that resemble the true signs or stamps used by the Post or National Telecommunications or the ones issued in any of the countries that are members of the International Postal Union shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months and a fine not exceeding three thousand (3.000 QR) Qatari Riyals or one of these two penalties.
217 Article

In addition to the penalties of the offences mentioned in this chapter, a court shall order the confiscation of all forged or counterfeited stamps, seals and signs, and all the machines, tools and materials that are used to make them shall be confiscated.