471. Using as genuine a forged document or electronic record.- 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]. *[Substituted by Information Technology Act, 2000 (Act 21 of 2000), section 91 and Schedule, I, for "document" (w.e.f. 17-10-2000).
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