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IPC Section 471 - Using as genuine a forged document or electronic record
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IPC Section 471 deals with using as genuine a forged document or electronic record.
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471. Using as genuine a forged document or electronic record. Whoever fraudulently or
dishonestly uses as genuine any 5[document or electronic record] which he knows or has reason to believe
to be a forged 5[document or electronic record], shall be punished in the same manner as if he had forged
such 5[document or electronic record].
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