1. Any person who purposely tore, maimed or destroyed an announcement or a document which is attached or is to be attached on a building or a public place according to the provisions of any legislation or the order of a public official, he/she shall be punished by a fine not to exceed ten dinars (JD10). 2. If the act was committed in contempt or protest of authority or one of its actions, the punishment shall be imprisonment from one week to one month. (5) Assumption of Official Positions and Impersonation Article (201) 1. Whoever publicly and without the right to do so wears an official uniform or what is designated for a higher rank than his/her rank, he / she shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not to exceed one year. 2. Whoever publicly and without the right to do so wears a medal or a decoration or a uniform or state’s badges, he / she shall be punished by a fine not to exceed fifty dinars (JD50). 3. Any Jordanian who publicly wears without the right to do so or without the permission of His Majesty the king a foreign medal, he / she shall be punished by a fine not to exceed ten dinars (JD10). Article (202) 1. Whoever commits one of the following acts shall be punished by imprisonment from one month to one year: a. Impersonates an officer in the public civil or military service at an event at which said officer was to attend, as part of his / her duty, or was to perform a task at such event, or; b. Pretends without the right to do so that he/she is an official in the military or civil public service and claims that he/she has the right to do any of the actions or report to a places in order to carry out any function according to his/her post 2. The perpetrator shall be punished by imprisonment from three months to two years if he/she committed one of the acts stipulated in the previous two paragraphs while wearing a public official uniform or badge. (6) Breaking of Seals and Removal of Papers and Documents Article (203) 1. Whoever intentionally breaks or renders useless a seal, which is placed according to an order by the public authority or the court or one of its departments in order to preserve a place or money or other things or documents, he / she shall be punished by imprisonment from one week to one year. 2. If the act was committed with the use of violence, the imprisonment shall not be less than three months. 3. Whoever dares to steal through breaking the seal or removing it, he / she shall be punished with the same penalty prescribed for whoever dares to steal through breaking the locks of a locked and preserved place, if the perpetrator is the responsible public official, he / she shall be punished with the same penalty. Article (204)

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