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putting into circulation of forged postage stamps or other tokens of postal payment, or of international reply coupons—

shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed two years, or by corrective labor for a period not to exceed one year.

The manufacture or sale, in the form of a business, of forged transportation tickets or other documents for the travel of passengers or the shipment of freight—

shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed three years.

Article 160. Violation of veterinary regulations

The violation of veterinary regulations which has caused the spread of an epizooty or other serious consequences—

shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed three years, or by corrective labor for a period not to exceed one year.

Article 161. Violation of the regulations established for purposes of combatting diseases and agricultural pests

Violation of the regulations established for purposes of combatting diseases and agricultural pests which has caused serious consequences—

shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed one year, or by corrective labor for the same period.

Article 162, Engaging in a prohibited trade

Engaging in a trade with respect to which there exists a special prohibition, after the imposition of an administrative penalty for engaging in such trade—

shall be punishable by corrective labor for a period not to exceed one year, or by a fine not to exceed 2,000 rubles.

The same acts, committed on a substantial scale or with the utilisation of hired labor—

shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed four years, with or without confiscation of property.

Article 163. The illegal pursuit of fishing and other aquatic extractive trades

The pursuit of fishing, hunting, and other aquatic extractive trades on the territorial waters of the USSR, inland seas, lakes,