Section 471 IPC-Dhara 471-Using as genuine a forged document or electronic record

Section 471 IPC-Dhara 471-Using as genuine a forged document or electronic record:

 

Using as genuine a forged ¹[document or electronic record].—Whoever fraudulently or dishonestly uses as genuine any ¹[document or electronic record] which he knows or has reason to believe to be a forged ¹[document or electronic record], shall be punished in the same manner as if he had forged such ¹[document or electronic record].

CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCE

Punishment—Punishment for forgery of such document—Cognizable—Bailable—Triable by Magistrate of the first class—Non-compound­able.

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1. Subs. by Act 21 of 2000, sec. 91 and Sch. I, for "document" (w.e.f. 17-10-2000).