Chapter 140: Section 131I. Falsifying
firearm license or identification card; penalty.
Section 131I. Whoever
falsely makes, alters, forges or counterfeits or procures or assists another
to falsely make, alter, forge or counterfeit a license to carry a firearm or
a firearm identification card, or whoever forges or without authority uses
the signature, facsimile of the signature, or validating signature stamp of
the licensing authority or its designee, or whoever possesses, utters,
publishes as true or in any way makes use of a falsely made, altered, forged
or counterfeited license to carry a firearm or a firearm identification
card, shall be punished by imprisonment in a state prison for not more than
five years or in a jail or house of correction for not more than two years,
or by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars, or both such fine and
imprisonment.
