466. Forgery of record of Court or of public register, etc.- *[Whoever forges a document or an electronic record], purporting to be a record or proceeding of or in a Court of Justice, or a register of birth, baptism, marriage or burial, or a register kept by a public servant as such, or a certificate or document purporting to he 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.]
Modified vide Information Technology Act, 2000, section 91 and Schedule I, for "Whoever forges a document" (w.e.f. 17-10-2000). | 