Section 46, Local Courts Act, 1963

Any registrar, clerk or member of a Local Court or Group Local Appeal Court who shall knowingly render, or cause any subordinate officer to render, a false return of cases tried or penalties inflicted by any such Court shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding three months. [Margin: Falsification of record.]