Alteration of firearm identification mark, serial number or name.

(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class C felony for which two years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court, and five thousand dollars of the fine imposed may not be remitted or reduced by the court unless the court states on the record its reasons for remitting or reducing such fine, and any firearm found in the possession of any person in violation of said provision shall be forfeited. Cited. 193 C. 7; 237 C. 348. Cited. 9 CA 169; judgment reversed, see 205 C. 370; 19 CA 51; 42 CA 768. Possession of weapon on which the identification mark has been altered or obliterated is prima facie evidence that the person in possession of weapon altered or obliterated the identification number; further, statute does not, by its language, limit application of the inference to situations in which accused is in actual possession of a pistol. 70 CA 232. Subsec. (a): Provision re possession as prima facie evidence of alteration is permissive inference, not mandatory presumption. 246 C. 339.