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Section 339. Having possession of document described in section 337 or section 338, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine

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The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
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339

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The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

339. Having possession of document described in section 337 or section 338, knowing it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine.

Whoever has in his possession any document or electronic record, knowing the same to be forged and intending that the same shall fraudulently or dishonestly be used as genuine, shall, if the document or electronic record is one of the description mentioned in section 337 of this Sanhita, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine; and if the document is one of the description mentioned in section 338, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description, for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Legal Notes & Explanations: Researchers conducting comparative penal analysis with art. 339 c.p. note that art. 339 c.p. provisions in civil codes compare with section 339 BNS (art 339); under art 339, possessing forged documents described in section 337 or 338 is penalised under 339, just as art. 339 c.p. frameworks address documentary fraud under art 339, making art. 339 c.p. analysis relevant to section 339.