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will be committed. Violation of this paragraph is a Class D | crime; or |
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| B. To cause evacuation of a building, place of assembly or | facility of public transport or to cause the occupants of a | building to be moved to or required to remain in a | designated secured area. Violation of this paragraph is a | Class C crime. |
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| | Sec. 5. 17-A MRSA §454, sub-§1, ¶A, as amended by PL 2001, c. 383, §63 | and affected by §156, is further amended to read: |
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| A. Induces or otherwise causes, or attempts to induce or | cause, a witness or informant: |
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| (1) To testify or inform falsely in a manner the actor | knows to be false; or |
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| (2) To withhold testimony, information or evidence. |
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| Violation of this paragraph is a Class C crime; |
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| | Sec. 6. 17-A MRSA §1108, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 419, §20, | is amended to read: |
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| | 5. For purposes of the causation required by subsection 1, | engaging in an act of deception described in subsection 2, | paragraph A or B is deemed to have gives rise to a permissible | inference under the Maine Rules of Evidence, Rule 303, that the | act of deception in fact resulted in the acquisition of any drugs | prescribed to that person by that prescribing health care | provider or person acting under the direction or supervision of | that prescribing health care provider. |
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| | Sec. 7. 17-A MRSA §1158, first ¶, as repealed and replaced by PL 2001, | c. 667, Pt. A, §37 and affected by §38, is amended to read: |
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| | As part of every judgment of conviction and sentence imposed, | a firearm must be forfeited to the State if that firearm: |
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| | Sec. 8. 17-A MRSA §1159 is enacted to read: |
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| §1159.__Recalcitrant witness in execution of sentence |
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| | In the event a witness in a grand jury or criminal proceeding | has been ordered confined by a court of record in the State as a | remedial sanction for refusing to comply with an order of the | court to testify or provide evidence, and that witness is |
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