This section covers using as true a certificate known to be false in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
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.
What was the old IPC code for Section 235 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, using as true a certificate known to be false was covered in S. 198.