287   Clerk of Court or other officer wilfully certifying false copy of record of conviction etc or of public document

Whosoever, being an officer to whose custody is intrusted any book or document of such a public nature as to be admissible in evidence on its mere production from the proper custody, and being authorised, or required, by any Act to furnish certified copies or extracts of such books or documents, wilfully certifies any document as being a true copy or extract of any such book or document, knowing that the same is not a true copy or extract, as the case may be, shall be liable to imprisonment for eighteen months.