Section 337 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS

Forgery of record of Court or of public register, etc.

  1. Whoever forges a document or an electronic record, purporting to be a record or
    proceeding of or in a Court or an identity document issued by Government including voter
    identity card or Aadhaar Card, or a register of birth, marriage or burial, or a register kept by
    a public servant as such, or a certificate or document purporting to be made by a public
    servant in his official capacity, or an authority to institute or defend a suit, or to take any
    proceedings therein, or to confess judgment, or a power of attorney, shall be punished with
    imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also
    be liable to fine.
    Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, “register” includes any list, data or
    record of any entries maintained in the electronic form as defined in clause (r) of sub-section (1)
    of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.