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CHAPTER XVIII OF OFFENCES RELATING TO DOCUMENTSAND TO PROPERTY MARKS

Section 470: Forged document

The Indian Penal Code, 1860 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

A false 1[document or electronic record] made wholly or in part by forgery is designated “a forged 1[document or electronic record]”.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Act 21 of 2000, s. 91 and the First Sch., for “document” (w.e.f. 17-10-2000).

Now in the BNS

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

470. Forged document or electronic record.BNS 340 (1)

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