Of Offences Relating To Documents And To Property Marks
BNS Section 337 - Forgery of record of Court or of public register, etc
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337. Forgery of record of Court or of public register, etc.--Whoever forges a document or an
electronic record, purporting to be a record or proceeding of or in a Court or an identity document issued
by Government including voter identity card or Aadhaar Card, or a register of birth, marriage or burial, or
a register kept by a public servant as such, or a certificate or document purporting to be made by a public
servant in his official capacity, or an authority to institute or defend a suit, or to take any proceedings
therein, or to confess judgment, or a power of attorney, shall be punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Explanation.-- For the purposes of this section, “register” includes any list, data or record of any
entries maintained in the electronic form as defined in clause (r) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the
Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000).
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