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Section 471

Using as genuine a forged document

Section

Section Number

471

Chapter

Act

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Year

Using as genuine a forged document

Using as genuine a forged document

Using as genuine a forged document.

471. 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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