Section 235 Earlier IPC 198
Using as true a certificate known to be false
Chapter 14: False evidence and offences against public justice
Whoever corruptly uses or attempts to use any such certificate as a true certificate, knowing the same to be false in any material point, shall be punished in the same manner as if he gave false evidence.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 232Threatening any person to give false evidenceIPC 195A
- 233Using evidence known to be falseIPC 196
- 234Issuing or signing false certificateIPC 197
- 236False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidenceIPC 199
- 237Using as true such declaration knowing it to be falseIPC 200
- 238Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offenderIPC 201