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Offences Relating to Documents
(1) Counterfeiting (or possessing material with counterfeited) an authentication device/mark intended for Section 338-type documents (valuable securities/wills) is punished with life imprisonment or up to 7 years' imprisonment plus fine. (2) The same for other documents/records is punished with up to 7 years' imprisonment plus fine.
This extends the forgery-tools framework specifically to authentication devices and marks (like security holograms or watermarks) rather than seals or plates.
Counterfeiting a security hologram or authentication watermark specifically intended for forging fake financial instruments carries this section's severe penalty.