Section-234 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023: Issuing or signing false certificate – with corresponding and equivalent Sections of IPC-Indian Penal Code.
Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 | Indian Penal Code, 1860 (corresponding section) |
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. | 197. 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. |