BNS Section 235 — Using as true a certificate known to be false
Section 235 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Using as true a certificate known to be false”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
235. Using as true a certificate known to be false.—Whoever corruptly uses or attempts to use any such certificate as a true certificate, knowing the same to be false in any material point, shall be punished in the same manner as if he gave false evidence. ¶
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