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Section 200 IPC — Using as true such declaration knowing it to be flase

Indian Penal Code, 1860 · Official PDF page 81

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200. Using as true such declaration knowing it to be flase.-- 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 sections 199 and 200.

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