BNS Section 237 — Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false
Section 237 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
237. Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false.—Whoever corruptly uses or attempts to use as true any such declaration, knowing the same to be false in any material point, shall be punished in the same manner as if he gave false evidence. ¶
Explanation.—A declaration which is inadmissible merely upon the ground of some informality, is a declaration within the meaning of section 236 and this section. ¶
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