BNS Section 340 — Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine
Section 340 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
340. Forged document or electronic record and using it 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. ¶
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