Section 167:
Public servant framing an incorrect document with intent to cause injury .
Whoever, being
a public servant, and being, as 1
[such public servant, charged with the preparation or translation of any
document or electronic record, frames, prepares or translates that document or electronic record] in a
manner which he knows or believes to be incorrect, intending thereby to cause or knowing it to be likely
that he may thereby cause injury to any person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description
for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 21 of 2000, s. 91 and the First Sch., for certain words (w.e.f. 17-10-2000).