Section 13: Penalty for issuing false Caste Certificate.

The Maharashtra Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Special…State Act of Maharashtra · Act 23 of 2001

(1) Any person or authority performing the functions of Competent Authority under this Act, who intentionally issues a false Caste Certificate, shall on conviction, be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend upto two years or with fine which shall not be less than two thousand rupees, but which may extend upto twenty thousand rupees or both.

(2) No court shall take congnizance of an offence punishable under this section except with the previous sanction of the Government.

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Act	The Maharashtra Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Special Backward Category (Regulation of Issuance and Verification o…
Section	13
Marginal note	Penalty for issuing false Caste Certificate.
Jurisdiction	State of Maharashtra
Status	In force as published by the source

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