BNS234
BNS Section 234: Issuing or signing false certificate
Punishment punished in the same manner as if he gave false evidence
Copied verbatim from the section text below.
Arrest, bail & court
- Non-cognizable · Bailable · Court by which offence of giving false evidence is triable
From the BNSS, 2023, First Schedule (machine-extracted; check the Schedule for anything consequential).
Verbatim · BNS234. Issuing or signing false certificate.— 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.
Cite as: Section 234, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023)