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Section 13A-9-8 Limitation on criminal liability for forgery and criminal possession of forged instrument.

Section 13A-9-8

Limitation on criminal liability for forgery and criminal possession of forged instrument.

A person may not be punished for both the offense of forgery and the offense of criminal possession of a forged instrument with respect to the same instrument, unless arising out of separate and distinct transactions.

(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §4015.)