ForgeryPossibly — unconfirmed
Reported range, not yet confirmed against official text. Do not rely on this — awaiting confirmation.
Statutory range — reported, not yet confirmed
§ 336(2) — ordinary forgeryPossibly — unconfirmed
- Imprisonment
- 0 (no mandatory prison) – 2 years
- Fine
- Fine (amount not stated in section)
0 = the law sets no minimum prison term. The court is not required to impose prison. Depending on the offence, jurisdiction, and case, it may instead impose a non-custodial sentence — e.g. a suspended sentence, community order / probation, a fine, or a discharge.
§ 336(3) — forgery intended for cheatingPossibly — unconfirmed
- Imprisonment
- 0 (no mandatory prison) – 7 years
- Fine
- Fine (amount not stated in section)
0 = the law sets no minimum prison term. The court is not required to impose prison. Depending on the offence, jurisdiction, and case, it may instead impose a non-custodial sentence — e.g. a suspended sentence, community order / probation, a fine, or a discharge.
§ 336(4) — forgery intended to harm reputationPossibly — unconfirmed
- Imprisonment
- 0 (no mandatory prison) – 3 years
- Fine
- Fine (amount not stated in section)
0 = the law sets no minimum prison term. The court is not required to impose prison. Depending on the offence, jurisdiction, and case, it may instead impose a non-custodial sentence — e.g. a suspended sentence, community order / probation, a fine, or a discharge.
§ 337 — forgery of court record, public register, government identity documentPossibly — unconfirmed
- Imprisonment
- 0 (no mandatory prison) – 7 years
- Fine
- Fine (amount not stated in section)
0 = the law sets no minimum prison term. The court is not required to impose prison. Depending on the offence, jurisdiction, and case, it may instead impose a non-custodial sentence — e.g. a suspended sentence, community order / probation, a fine, or a discharge.
Includes Aadhaar / voter ID, birth-marriage-burial registers, public-servant certificates, powers of attorney.
§ 338 — forgery of valuable security, will, authority to adopt, receipt / acquittancePossibly — unconfirmed
- Imprisonment
- 0 (no mandatory prison) – 10 years or life
- Fine
- Fine (amount not stated in section)
0 = the law sets no minimum prison term. The court is not required to impose prison. Depending on the offence, jurisdiction, and case, it may instead impose a non-custodial sentence — e.g. a suspended sentence, community order / probation, a fine, or a discharge.
§ 339 — possession of § 337 / § 338 forged document, knowing it forged, intending use as genuinePossibly — unconfirmed
- Imprisonment
- § 337 document: 0–7 years; § 338 document: 0–7 years or life
- Fine
- Fine (amount not stated in section)
§ 340 — fraudulently / dishonestly using a forged document as genuinePossibly — unconfirmed
- Imprisonment
- Same as the forgery itself
- Fine
- Fine (amount not stated in section)
Enhancement-style rule: the user is punished as if they had forged it.