Section 337. 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 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.
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.
ExplanationFor 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 (21 of 2000).