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Penal Code · Updated to 4 Jul 2023 · Chapter XVIII · Offences Relating to Documents and to Currency Notes and Bank Notes
Section 474
Feedback & supportWhoever has in his possession any document, knowing the same to be forged, and intending that the same shall fraudulently or dishonestly be used as genuine, shall, if the document is one of the descriptions mentioned in section 466, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine; and shall, if the document is one of the descriptions mentioned in section 467, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to twenty years, and shall also be liable to fine.