Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
BNS 339 was IPC 474.
Having possession of document described in section 337 or section 338, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine.
Carried over
97% of the old wording kept
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XVIII
s. 474
Having possession of document described in section 466 or 467, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it genuine
1[Whoever has in his possession any document or electronic record, knowing the same to be forged and intending that the same shall fraudulently or dishonestly be used as genuine, shall, if the document or electronic record is one of the description mentioned in section 466 of this Code], be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine; and if the document is one of the description mentioned in section 467, shall be punished with 2[imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment of either description, for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. XVIII
s. 339
Having possession of document described in section 337 or section 338, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine.
Whoever has in his possession any document or electronic record, knowing the same to be forged and intending that the same shall fraudulently or dishonestly be used as genuine, shall, if the document or electronic record is one of the description mentioned in section 337 of this Sanhita, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine; and if the document is one of the description mentioned in section 338, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description, for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Text from India Code