Every person making or signing or attesting any
such certificate containing a statement which is false, and which he either knows or believes to be false,
shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine
which may extend to one hundred rupees, or with both; and if the act amounts to forgery as defined in the
Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), then such person shall also be liable, on conviction thereof, to the
penalties provided in section 466 of the said Code.
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