BNS Section 242 — False personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution
Section 242 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “False personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
242. False personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution.—Whoever falsely personates another, and in such assumed character makes any admission or statement, or confesses judgment, or causes any process to be issued or becomes bail or security, or does any other act in any suit or criminal prosecution, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both. ¶
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