<prompt> Punishment for issuing false ceificate -4 years5 years6 years7 years  <response>: Sec 197 IPC: Issuing or signing the false ceificate Imprisonment up to 7 years. Ref: Dr. K.S. Narayan Reddys Synopsis Of Forensic Medicine Toxicology, 29th edition, Chap 3, Page-31. 