BNS · Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Section 340 — Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine.
Replaces IPC Section 470, IPC Section 471.
(1) A false document or electronic record made wholly or in part by forgery is designated a forged document or electronic record. (2) Whoever fraudulently or dishonestly uses as genuine any document or electronic record which he knows or has reason to believe to be a forged document or electronic record, shall be punished in the same manner as if he had forged such document or electronic record.
Nearby sections
- 337 Forgery of record of Court or of public register, etc.
- 338 Forgery of valuable security, will, etc.
- 339 Having possession of document described in section 337 or section 338, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine.
- 341 Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable under section 338.
- 342 Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating documents described in section 338, or possessing counterfeit marked material.
- 343 Fraudulent cancellation, destruction, etc., of will, authority to adopt, or valuable security.
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