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Section 471. Using as genuine a forged document

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Indian Penal Code, 1860
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471

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Indian Penal Code, 1860

471. Using as genuine a forged document

Whoever fraudulently or dishonestly uses as genuine any document which he knows or has reason to believe to be a forged document, shall be punished in the same manner as if he had forged such document.