392 - False statements, alteration of records or substitution in connection with any examination.

§ 392. False  statements,  alteration  of  records  or substitution in  connection with any examination. Any person  knowingly  making  a  false  statement  in an application for any document issued by the commissioner  or in any proof or statement in  writing  in  connection  with  such  an  application,  or  who  shall  deceive  or substitute or cause another to  deceive or substitute in connection with any examination  hereunder,  or  who shall wilfully alter a number plate (except for restoration purposes  pursuant  to schedule G of subdivision seven of section four hundred one  of this chapter), or make a material alteration on any  document  issued  pursuant  to  this  chapter,  or unlawfully use a validating device on a  certificate of registration, license or any other form, shall be  guilty  of  a misdemeanor. A person who operates a motor vehicle upon the public  highway displaying or using any document that he or she knows  has  been  obtained in violation of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.  Nothing  contained  in  this  section shall prohibit the imposition of a  charge of any other offense set forth  in  this  chapter  or  any  other  provision of law for any acts arising out of the same incident.