This section covers false personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
False personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution. Whoever falsely personates another, and in such assumed character makes any admission or statement, or confesses judgment, or causes any process to be issued or becomes bail or security, or does any other act in any suit or criminal prosecution, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
What was the old IPC code for Section 242 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, false personation for purpose of act or proceeding in suit or prosecution was covered in S. 205.