This section covers using as true such declaration knowing it to be false in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false. 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.
What was the old IPC code for Section 237 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, using as true such declaration knowing it to be false was covered in S. 200.