VidhiSangh

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Section 340: Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine

Chapter XVIII — Of Offences Relating to Documents and to Property Marks

340. (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.

Source: official text of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Ministry of Home Affairs).