Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
Section 340
(1) A false document or electronic record made wholly or in part by forgery is
Statutory Content
(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.