(510 ILCS 40/16) (from Ch. 8, par. 33.76)
Sec. 16.
Any person who, without permission of the rightful owner, willfully
and knowingly
brands or causes to be branded with his brand, or any brand not the recorded
brand of the owner, any
livestock being the property of another, or who shall willfully or knowingly
efface, deface,
or obliterate any brand upon any livestock, is guilty of a Class 3 felony.
Any person knowingly or intentionally violating any other provision of
this Act is guilty
of a Class C misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 79-880.)
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