(a) In this section, 'offer for sale' includes to induce, solicit, attempt, or advertise in a manner intended to encourage a person to purchase an identification card. (b) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, a person may not: (1) sell, issue, offer for sale, or offer to issue an identification card or document that contains: (i) a blank space for a person’s age or date of birth; or (ii) a person’s incorrect age or date of birth; or (2) knowingly sell, issue, offer for sale, or offer to issue an identification card or document that contains: (i) an incorrect name instead of a person’s true name; or (ii) an incorrect address for a person. (c) This section does not prohibit a manufacturer of identification cards or documents from selling or issuing identification cards or documents that contain a blank space for a person’s age or date of birth to: (1) employers, for use as employee identification cards or documents; (2) hospitals, for use as patient identification cards; or (3) governmental units. (d) (1) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding $2,000 or both. 3) governmental units. (d) (1) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding $2,000 or both. (2) Each identification card or document sold or issued and each offer in violation of this section is a crime that may be separately prosecuted. (e) The Attorney General, or the State’s Attorney for a county where a violation of this section occurs, may seek an injunction to stop a sale, issue, or offer that violates this section.
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