## IPC 466

### IPC 466 — Forgery of record of Court or of public register, etc
- https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/ipc/466

> 466. Forgery of record of Court or of public register, etc.-3[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 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.
1[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 (21 of 2000).]