The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 · Ch. XIV — OF FALSE EVIDENCE AND OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE

Section 235 — Using as true a certificate known to be false

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.

How this offence is classified

From the First Schedule to the BNSS.

Arrest: Non-cognizable; police may not arrest without a warrant
Bail: Bailable; bail is a matter of right
Triable by: Court by which offence of giving false evidence is triable

Old law ⇄ new law

Renumberedold law ⇄ new law

Old lawIPC Section 198Using as true a certificate known to be false New lawBNS Section 235Using as true a certificate known to be false

IPC Section 198 → BNS Section 235 per the official NCRB Sankalan table.

IPC Section 198 — Using as true a certificate known to be false· the earlier provision, in full

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Source & version

Official text: Gazette of India via MHA (official) ↗

Official Gazette text: The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023), English PDF as hosted by Ministry of Home Affairs (mha.gov.in, file 250883_english_01042024.pdf; canonical mirror indiacode.nic.in bitstream a202345.pdf). Extracted via pdftotext 26.07 -layout and @nexlex/ingest gazette-pdf parser on 2026-07-14. Automated parse; structural validation + spot verification of sections 1, 63, 103, 302, 358; full clause-level proofread pending.

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