Section 298A: Perverting the course of justice
This section is inserted by Act No 14 of 2018, section 3.
consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
298A. Perverting the course of justice
Any person who does any act, or makes any omission, intending
in any way to pervert the course of justice, shall commit an offence
and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 100,000
rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years.
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- What is the penalty for perverting the course of justice?