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Section 471 — Using as genuine a forged document or forged electronic record

Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.

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471.Using as genuine a forged document or forged 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 forged electronic record, shall be punished in the same manner as if he had forged such document .or electronic record.