Under Section 2(8) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the word 'document' does not include:

Under Section 2(8) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 29 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860), the word 'document' denotes any matter expressed or described upon any substance by means of letters, figures, or marks, or by more than one of those means, and includes electronic and digital records, intended to be used, or which may be used, as evidence of that matter. A cheque (expressly included in the statutory illustrations to Section 2(8)), a mark-sheet, and a currency note bear letters and figures intended as evidence of the matter expressed, whereas an ordinary uninscribed ornament does not.