This section covers personation of an assessor in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
Personation of assessor: Whoever, by personation or otherwise, shall intentionally cause, or knowingly suffer himself to be returned, empanelled or sworn as an assessor in any case in which he knows that he is not entitled by law to be so returned, empanelled or sworn, or knowing himself to have been so returned, empanelled or sworn contrary to law, shall voluntarily serve as such assessor, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
What was the old IPC code for Section 268 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, personation of an assessor was covered in S. 229*.