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Chapter XVIII · Of Offences Relating to Documents and to Property Marks

340Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine

Section 340 · Chapter XVIII

(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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