IPC Section 471 is now BNS Section 340(2)

IPC 471 (Using as genuine a forged document or electronic record) → BNS 340(2) Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine

Verbatim · BNS 340(2)(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.

Read the full BNS Section 340 →

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.