BNS 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. 

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

[Old Corresponding Section: Section 470 – 471 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860]