Forgery of record of Court or of public register, etc
Chapter 18: Offences relating to documents and property marks
Whoever forges a document or an electronic record, purporting to be a record or proceeding of or in a Court or an identity document issued by Government including voter identity card or Aadhaar Card, or a register of birth, marriage or burial, or a register kept by a public servant as such, or a certificate or document purporting to be made by a public servant in his official capacity, or an authority to institute or defend a suit, or to take any proceedings therein, or to confess judgment, or a power of attorney, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Explanation.— For the purposes of this section, “register” includes any list, data or record of any entries maintained in the electronic form as defined in clause (r) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 335Making a false documentIPC 464
- 336ForgeryIPC 463, 465
- 338Forgery of valuable security, will, etcIPC 467
- 339Having possession of document described in section 337 or section 338, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuineIPC 474
- 340Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuineIPC 470, 471
- 341Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable under section 338IPC 472, 473