Section 471 of the Indian Penal Code states that "whoever fraudulently or dishonestly uses as genuine any document or electronic record which he knows or has reason to believe to be a forged document or electronic record, shall be punished in the same manner as if he had forged such document or electronic record".
If a person is convicted only for the offence under Section 471 of the Indian Penal Code he will then

A. Be imposed punishment for the offence of forgery of the document in addition to having used the same as genuine

B. Be imposed punishment as prescribed for having committed forgery of the document which he used as genuine

C. Both A and B depending on the facts and circumstances of the case

D. None of these

Answer: Option B