Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Section 340

BNS 340: earlier IPC 470 and 471

Section 340 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 replaces Sections 470 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. BNS 340 deals with forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine. It brings 2 old provisions together. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita came into force on 1 July 2024.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

BNS 340 was IPC 470 and 471.

Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine. · It brings 2 old provisions together.

Merged

Came from

Old wording kept in full

Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XVIII

s. 470

Forged document

A false ⁵[document or electronic record] made wholly or in part by forgery is designated “a forged ⁵[document or electronic record]”.

Text from the official India Code PDF

New · BNS 2023 · Ch. XVIII

s. 340(1)of section 340

Forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine.

(1) A false document or electronic record made wholly or in part by forgery is designated a forged document or electronic record.

Text from India Code

BNS 339 · Having possession of document described in section 337 or section 338, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine.BNS 341 · Making or possessing counterfeit seal, etc., with intent to commit forgery punishable under section 338.

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