Judicial proceedings under Section 11 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 are deemed so for…

Section 11(3) of the PMLA deems every proceeding under section 11(2) to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of the provisions punishing false evidence and intentional insult or interruption to a public servant sitting in a judicial proceeding, now sections 229 and 267 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly sections 193 and 228 IPC, which section 11(3) cites; under section 8 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 the reference is read as one to the BNS provisions). Sections 227 and 228 BNS only define giving and fabricating false evidence, sections 217 and 221 BNS deal with false information to a public servant and obstruction of a public servant, and sections 215 and 379 BNSS govern prosecution for offences against public justice.