Section 238: Prohibition of giving false report

1) No person licensed under law to conduct a pathological test of human blood, urine, sputum etc. shall give a fake or false report while conducting such test or give a report stating the facts different than that found from the test.

2) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years and a fine not exceeding thirty thousand rupees.

3) Where the consumption of any drug prescribed to, conduction of a surgery on, or treatment of, a person on the basis of the report referred to in sub-section (1) causes the death of or any grievous hurt to such person, the person giving such report shall be deemed to be the offender.

4) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the offence referred to in sub-section (3) shall be liable to the same sentence as imposable for murder, in the case of causing death of, and to the same sentence as imposable for grievous hurt, in the case of causing grievous heart to, any person.