Kautilya's Arthashastra 4.9.17

4.9.17

lekhakaś ced uktaṃ na likhati, anuktaṃ likhati, duruktam upalikhati, sūktam ullikhati, arthotpattiṃ vā vikalpayati, iti pūrvam asmai sāhasadaṇḍaṃ kuryād, yathāparādhaṃ vā //

When a clerk does not take down what has been deposed by parties, but enters what has not been deposed, evades what has been badly said (duruktam), or renders either diverse or ambiguous in meaning such depositions as are satisfactorily given out, he shall be punished either with the first amercement or in proportion to his guilt.