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Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine
Section 340 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, deals with forged documents or electronic records and their fraudulent use. It defines a forged document or electronic record and outlines the punishment for those who knowingly use such forged documents as genuine.
(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.
Offence : Using as genuine a forged document which is known to be forged.
Punishment : Punishment for forgery of such document.
Cognizable or Non-cognizable : Cognizable.
Bailable or Non-bailable : Bailable.
By what Court triable : Magistrate of the first class.
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