BNS340
BNS Section 340: Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine
Punishment
- (2) punished in the same manner as if he had forged such document or electronic record
Depends on which sub-section applies. Copied verbatim from the text below.
Arrest, bail & court
- (2) Cognizable · Bailable · Magistrate of the first class
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS340. Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine.—(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.
Corresponds (indicatively) to IPC 471 of the repealed Indian Penal Code, 1860. IPC → BNS table
Cite as: Section 340, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)