BNS Section 235 – Issuing or signing false certificate
Chapter 14: False Evidence and Offences Against Public Justice ·
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
BNS Section 235
IPC S.197
🔒 Non-Bailable
🔍 Cognizable
⚖ Magistrate Court
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.
ℹ️ Classification & Key Notes
Cognizable. Non-bailable. Triable by Magistrate of first class.
