Section 337: Whoever forges a document or an electronic record, purporting to be a record or Forgery of
proceeding of or in a Court or an identity document issued by Government including voter record of
Court or of
identity card or Aadhaar Card, or a register of birth, marriage or burial, or a register kept by public register,
a public servant as such, or a certificate or document purporting to be made by a public etc.
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)
21 of 2000. of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.