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person must be released from custody and any record of that custody
must show that the person was released for that reason. If, upon
trial for violating subsection 2, a person is acquitted on the
ground that the evidence of the person's correct name and, address
and date of birth was accurate, the record of acquittal must show
that that was the ground.

 
Sec. 5. 17-A MRSA §751, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 351, §2, is
further amended to read:

 
1. A person is guilty of obstructing government
administration if the person uses intentionally interferes by
force, violence or intimidation or engages in any criminal act
with the intent to interfere by any physical act with a public
servant performing or purporting to perform an official function.

 
Sec. 6. 17-A MRSA §1158, as amended by PL 2003, c. 143, §7, is
repealed.

 
Sec. 7. 17-A MRSA §1158-A is enacted to read:

 
§1158-A.__Forfeiture of firearms

 
1.__As part of every sentence imposed, except as provided in
subsection 2, a court shall order that a firearm must be
forfeited to the State if:

 
A.__That firearm constitutes the basis for conviction under:

 
(1)__Title 15, section 393;

 
(2)__Section 1105-A, subsection 1, paragraph C-1;

 
(3)__Section 1105-B, subsection 1, paragraph C;

 
(4)__Section 1105-C, subsection 1, paragraph C-1; or

 
(5)__Section 1105-D, subsection 1, paragraph B-1; or

 
B.__The State pleads and proves that the firearm is used by
the defendant or an accomplice during the commission of any
murder or Class A, Class B or Class C crime or any Class D
crime defined in chapter 9, 11 or 13.

 
2.__Except as provided in subsection 3, a court may not order
the forfeiture of a firearm otherwise qualifying for forfeiture
under subsection 1 if another person can satisfy the court by a
preponderance of the evidence and prior to the imposition of the
defendant's sentence that:


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