Section 465: Definition of forgery

A person who makes a false document or writing knowing it to be false, and with intent
that it may in any way be used or acted upon as genuine, whether in the State or
elsewhere, to the prejudice of any person, or with intent that any person may, in the
belief that it is genuine, be induced to do or refrain from doing any act, whether in the
State or elsewhere, is said to forge the document or writing.
A person who makes a counterfeit seal or mark, or makes an impression of a
counterfeit seal knowing the seal to be counterfeit, or makes a counterfeit
representation of the impression of a genuine seal, or makes without lawful authority
an impression of a genuine seal, with intent in either case that the thing so made may
in any way be used or acted upon as genuine, whether in the State or elsewhere, to
the prejudice of any person, or with intent that any person may, in the belief that it is
genuine, be induced to do or refrain from doing any act, whether in the State or
elsewhere, is said to forge the seal or mark.
The term "make a false document or writing" includes altering a genuine document or
writing in any material part, either by erasure, obliteration, removal, or otherwise; and
making any material addition to the body of a genuine document or writing; and
adding to a genuine document or writing any false date, attestation, seal or other
material matter.
It is immaterial in what language a forged document or writing is expressed.
It is immaterial that the forger of anything forged may not have intended that any
particular person should use or act upon it, or that any particular person should be
prejudiced by it, or be induced to do or refrain from doing any act.
It is immaterial that the thing forged is incomplete or does not purport to be a
document, writing, or seal, which would be binding in law for any particular purpose, if
it is so made, and is of such a kind, as to indicate that it was intended to be used or
acted upon.