CHAPTER XVIII OF OFFENCES RELATING TO DOCUMENTS AND TO PROPERTY MARKS
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
(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.
As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table
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1. Consider the following statements under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023: 1. Forgery committed with the intention that the forged document shall be used for the purpose of cheating is punishable with imprisonment up to seven years, and fine. 2. Forgery committed with the intention that the forged document shall harm the reputation of any party is punishable with imprisonment up to three years, and fine. 3. Whoever fraudulently uses as genuine a document which he knows to be forged is punished in the same manner as if he had forged it. 4. Forgery simpliciter under Section 336(2) is punishable with imprisonment up to three years, or fine, or both. Which of the statements given above are correct?