An illegal modification or reproduction of an instrument, document, signature, or legal tender, or any other means of recording information. An item is also considered forged if it is claimed that it was made by someone who did not make it.
- The act of forging metal into shape.
- The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; especially the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another, the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud.
- That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised or counterfeited.
- An invention, creation.
Forgery is the use of a ‘false instrument’ to induce another to act to his disadvantage, as described by the (Forgery and counterfeiting act (1981)). A false instrument is one that misleads about itself, e.g., a forged cheque, rather than a document that contains false information.
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