Section 23
SEC. 23. All persons falling within one of the following classes shall upon conviction be punished for each offense by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one thousand pesos, or imprisonment of not less than one month nor more than two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court: (a) Every person who, claiming to have been authorized and empowered to practice veterinary medicine under laws or regulations in force prior to the passage of this Act shall practice or attempt to practice veterinary medicine or hold himself out to be a veterinarian after three months have elapsed from the date of the promulgation of this Act, without having obtained a certificate from the board under section fourteen of this Act; (b) Every other person who practices or attempts to practice veterinary medicine after the passage of this Act without having first obtained a certificate under section thirteen or fourteen of this Act; (c) Every person practicing or attempting to practice veterinary medicine under a false or assumed name or holding himself out under a false or assumed name to be a veterinarian, and every person in any way falsely and fraudulently impersonating any veterinarian to whom a certificate has been issued; (d) Every person who sells a certificate or diploma, every person who lends or permits another to have or use a certificate or diploma with a false or fraudulent purpose or intent, or knowing or having cause or reason to know or believe that such certificate is intended to be used for a false or fraudulent purpose; (e) Every person who buys a certificate or diploma, or borrows the same with a false or fraudulent intent or purpose, or steals the same or acquires the same in any false, fraudulent or unlawful manner; (f) Every person who, with the intent to deceive the board, presents to the same as and for his own any diploma issued to another person ; (i) Every person who presents or exhibits to the board a forged or false diploma, or a diploma falsely or fraudulently obtained, knowing such diploma to be false or to have been obtained in a false or fraudulent manner, with the intent to deceive the board; (h) Every person who presents or exhibits as a lawful certificate any forged or false certificate or any certificate obtained in a false or fraudulent manner knowing the certificate to be false or to have been falsely or fraudulently obtained; (i) Every person who knowingly practices veterinary medicine or attempts to do so, or holds himself out to be a veterinarian under cover of a false or forged certificate or of a certificate falsely or fraudulently obtained. Enacted, February 11, 1913.