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IPC Section 465 is now BNS Section 336(2)

Verbatim · BNS 336(2)(2) Whoever commits forgery shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

Read the full BNS Section 336 →

Offences committed before 1 July 2024 are still charged and tried under the IPC; the BNS applies to offences on or after that date.

Old-to-new correspondence is indicative and not always one-to-one; read the new text itself.