THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
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172. Punishment for undue influence or personation at an election.
173. False statement in connection with an election.
174. Illegal payments in connection with an election.
175. Failure to keep election accounts.
CHAPTER X
OF OFFENCES RELATING TO COIN, CURRENCY NOTES, BANK NOTES, AND
GOVERNMENT STAMPS
176. Counterfeiting coin, government stamps, currency-notes or bank-notes.
177. Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes
or bank notes.
178. Possession of forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or
bank-notes.
179. Making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting coin,
Government stamp, currency notes or bank-notes.
180. Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes.
181. Effacing writing from substance bearing Government stamp, or removing from
document a stamp used for it, with intent to cause loss to Government.
182. Using Government stamp known to have been before used.
183. Erasure of mark denoting that stamp has been used.
184. Prohibition of fictitious stamps.
185. Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition
from that fixed by law.
186. Unlawfully taking coining instrument from mint.
CHAPTER XI
OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE PUBLIC TRANQUILLITY
187. Unlawful assembly.
188. Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of
common object.
189. Rioting.
190. W antonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot- if rioting be committed; if
not committed.
191. Liability of owner, occupier etc., of land on which an unlawful assembly or riot
takes place.
192. Af fray.
193. Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc.
194. Promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion, race, place of
birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance ofharmony.
195. Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration.C
LAUSES(viii)
CHAPTER XII
OF OFFENCES BY OR RELA TING TO PUBLIC SERV ANTS
CLAUSES
196. Public servant disobeying law, with intent to cause injury to any person.
197. Public servant disobeying direction under law.
198. Punishment for non-treatment of victim.
199. Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury.
200. Public servant unlawfully engaging in trade.
201. Public servant unlawfully buying or bidding for property.
202. Personating a public servant .
203. W earing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent.
CHAPTER XIII
OF CONTEMPTS OF THE LAWFUL AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC SERV ANTS
204. Absconding to avoid service of summons or other proceeding.
205. Preventing service of summons or other proceeding, or preventing publication
thereof.
206. Non-attendance in obedience to an order from public servant.
207. Non-appearance in response to a proclamation under section 82 of Act __ of 2023.
208. Omission to produce document to public servant by person legally bound to
produce it.
209. Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound
to give it .
210. Furnishing false information.
211. Refusing oath or affirmation when duly required by public servant to make it.
212. Refusing to answer public servant authorised to question.
213. Refusing to sign statement.
214. False statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorised to
administer an oath or affirmation.
215. False information, with intent to cause public servant to use his lawful power to
the injury of another person .
216. Resistance to the taking of property by the lawful authority of a public servant.
217. Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of public servant.
218. Illegal purchase or bid for property offered for sale by authority of public servant.
219. Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions.
220. Omission to assist public servant when bound by law to give assistance.
221. Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant.
222. Threat of injury to public servant.
223. Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public
servant.
224. Attempt to commit suicide to compel or restraint exercise of lawful power.(ix)
CHAPTER XIV
OF FALSE EVIDENCEAND OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE
CLAUSES
225. Giving false evidence.
226. Fabricating false evidence.
227. Punishment for false evidence.
228. Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of capital
offence.
229. Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence
punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment.
230. Threatening any person to give false evidence.
231. Using evidence known to be false.
232. Issuing or signing false certificate.
233. Using as true a certificate known to be false.
234. False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence.
235. Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false.
236. Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to
screen offender.
237. Intentional omission to give information of offence by person bound to inform .
238. Giving false information respecting an offence committed.
239. Destruction of document to prevent its production as evidence.