(35 ILCS 130/23) (from Ch. 120, par. 453.23)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 98-1055)
Sec. 23. Every distributor, secondary distributor, manufacturer with authority to maintain manufacturer representatives under Section 4f of this Act and their manufacturer representatives, or other person who shall knowingly and wilfully sell or offer for sale any original package, as defined in this Act, having affixed thereto any fraudulent, spurious, imitation or counterfeit stamp, or stamp which has been previously affixed, or affixes a stamp which has previously been affixed to an original package, or who shall knowingly and wilfully sell or offer for sale any original package, as defined in this Act, having imprinted thereon underneath the sealed transparent wrapper thereof any fraudulent, spurious, imitation or counterfeit tax imprint, shall be deemed guilty of a Class 2 felony.
(Source: P.A. 96-1027, eff. 7-12-10; 97-587, eff. 8-26-11.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-1055)
Sec. 23. Every distributor, secondary distributor, retailer, manufacturer with authority to maintain manufacturer representatives under Section 4f of this Act and their manufacturer representatives, or other person who shall knowingly and wilfully sell or offer for sale any original package, as defined in this Act, having affixed thereto any fraudulent, spurious, imitation or counterfeit stamp, or stamp which has been previously affixed, or affixes a stamp which has previously been affixed to an original package, or who shall knowingly and wilfully sell or offer for sale any original package, as defined in this Act, having imprinted thereon underneath the sealed transparent wrapper thereof any fraudulent, spurious, imitation or counterfeit tax imprint, shall be deemed guilty of a Class 2 felony.
(Source: P.A. 97-587, eff. 8-26-11; 98-1055, eff. 1-1-16.)
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