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IPC Section 198 - Using as true a certificate known to be false
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 198 deals with using as true a certificate known to be false.
Full official legal text
198. 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.
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