Section 197: Issuing or signing false certificate
The Pakistan Penal Code · Pakistan Penal Code · Chapter XI · in_force
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Whoever issues or signs any certificate required by law to be given or signed, or relating to any fact of which such certificate is by law admissible in evidence, knowing or believing that such certificate is false in any material point, shall be punished in the same manner as if he gave false evidence.
Effective date: 1862-01-01
Related sections
Section 196: Using evidence known to be falseSection 198: Using as true a certificate known to be falseSection 195: Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offenceSection 199: False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidenceSection 194: Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction ofSection 200: Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false
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