Section 237 Earlier IPC 200
Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false
Chapter 14: False evidence and offences against public justice
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 section 236 and this section.
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
- 234Issuing or signing false certificateIPC 197
- 235Using as true a certificate known to be falseIPC 198
- 236False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidenceIPC 199
- 238Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offenderIPC 201
- 239Intentional omission to give information of offence by person bound to informIPC 202
- 240Giving false information respecting an offence committedIPC 203