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Section 234 BNS — Issuing or signing false certificate

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Official PDF page 66

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234.Whoever issues or signs any certificate required by law to be given or signed, or relating to any fact of which such certificate is by law admissible in evidence, knowing or believing that such certificate is false in any material point, shall be punished in the same manner as if he gave false evidence.

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