Article 379 — Forgery or Falsification of Public or Military

Documents. (1) Where any of the crimes specified under the preceding provisions of this Chapter is committed on: (a) a public register, an official act, an act concerning public interests; or (b) an instrument entered into a public register or a holographic will; or (c) an instrument or document concerning national defence, or the Defence Forces or their organization, duties or affairs, the punishment shall be rigorous imprisonment not exceeding fifteen years. (2) Where the crime is committed by a public servant, officially entrusted with the drawing up, filing, keeping or delivery of extracts from the registers, instruments, deeds or documents in question, the punishment shall be rigorous imprisonment from five years to twenty-five years. In very serious cases, the punishment may extend up to life imprisonment.