Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine
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Summary
A document or electronic record made wholly or partly by forgery is treated as a forged document or electronic record. If someone fraudulently or dishonestly uses such a document as genuine, knowing or having reason to believe it is forged, they are punished the same as if they had forged it. The offence is cognizable, bailable and triable by a Magistrate of the first class.
Example
Aditya gets a forged employment certificate with falsified signatures and submits it to an employer, believing it to be genuine. Because he used a document he knew or had reason to believe was forged, he can be punished in the same way as if he had forged the certificate himself.
Bare Act
Enacted text(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.
BNSS Classification
- Punishment for forgery of such document.
- Cognizable
- Bailable
- Triable by Magistrate of the first class.
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