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.\u2014A declaration which is inadmissible merely upon the ground of some informality, is a
declaration within the meaning of section 236 and this section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BNS Section 237.\u00a0\u00a0 Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false. Whoever corruptly uses or attempts touse as true any such declaration, knowing the same to be false in any material point, shall be punished inthe same manner as if he gave false evidence.Explanation.\u2014A declaration which is inadmissible merely upon the ground of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/expertvakil.com\/indiankanoon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/the-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita-bns-section-237.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"BNS Section 237","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[110,119,104,109,120,105,118,108,111,112,117,121,122,113,114,115],"class_list":["post-2754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita-bns","tag-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita","tag-bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita-in-english","tag-bns","tag-bns-2023","tag-bns-english","tag-bns-section","tag-bns-section-in-english","tag-bns-sections-list","tag-expert-vakil","tag-expertvakil","tag-expertvakil-bns","tag-indian-kanoon","tag-indiankanoon","tag-ishan-tathagat","tag-ishantathagat","tag-new-ipc"],"yoast_head":"\n