(1) Every Special Notary appointed under this Act and every person employed in his office for the purposes of this Act, who being charged with drawing, endorsing, copying, or translating a document, does so 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 as defined in the 25Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) [ the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Central Act No. 45 of 2023)], to any person, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine.
(2) Every Special Notary appointed under this Act and every person employed in his office for the purposes of this Act, who has access to the documents, books and registers maintained in his office, remove, mutilate, destroys or make any alteration thereto intending thereby to cause or knowing it to be likely that he may thereby cause injury as defined in the 26Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) [ the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Central Act No. 45 of 2023)], to any person shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine.