(1) A person who, with intent to defraud or deceive or with intent to defeat, obstruct, or pervert the course of justice or the due execution of the law, forges any judicial or official document, is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 10 years.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), “official document” means any document purporting to be made, used, or issued by any public officer for any purpose relating to his or her office or connected with the functions of his or her office.