N.Y. PEN Law § 165.07
This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 165.07, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.
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Unlawful use of secret scientific material
Official statutory text
§ 165.07 Unlawful use of secret scientific material.\n A person is guilty of unlawful use of secret scientific material when,\nwith intent to appropriate to himself or another the use of secret\nscientific material, and having no right to do so and no reasonable\nground to believe that he has such right, he makes a tangible\nreproduction or representation of such secret scientific material by\nmeans of writing, photographing, drawing, mechanically or electronically\nreproducing or recording such secret scientific material.\n Unlawful use of secret scientific material is a class E felony.\n
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