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 clude a copy of such document which an officer has certified under his duty;

"right document" means a document which serves as evidence of the creation, change, transfer, reservation, or termination of a right;

"signature" includes a fingerprint or symbol which a person affixes instead of his signature;

"night" means the interval between sunset and sunrise;

"to detain" means to keep in custody, to keep under control, to constrain, to confine, or to imprison;

"ransom" means property or benefit which is demanded or given in exchange for the liberty of a person taken away, restrained, or confined.

A person shall be punished criminally only upon having committed an act which the law in force at the time of the commission prescribes to be an of-