Section 340 - Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine - Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine. 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.