Penalties for making false certificate

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(1) 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 an imprisonment for a term which may extend upto two (2) years or with fine which may extend upto ten thousand rupees or with both and if the act amounts to forgery as defined under section 337 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, then such person shall also be liable, on conviction thereof, to the penalties provided under the said section of the Sanhita. (2) No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act, except upon a complaint in writing made by the Marriage and Divorce Registrar of the area concerned or by an officer authorized by the Registrar General of Marriages as the case may be.

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