INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
199. False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as
236. False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as
evidence.
199. False statement made in declaration which is by law
receivable as evidence.--Whoever, in any declaration made or
subscribed by him, which declaration any Court of Justice, or any
public servant or other person, is bound or authorized by law to
receive as evidence of any fact, makes any statement which is false,
and which he either knows or believes to be false or does not believe
to be true, touching any point material to the object for which the
declaration is made or used, shall be punished in the same manner as
if he gave false evidence.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
236. False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence.—Whoever, in
any declaration made or subscribed by him, which declaration any Court or any public servant or other
person, is bound or authorised by law to receive as evidence of any fact, makes any statement which is
false, and which he either knows or believes to be false or does not believe to be true, touching any point
material to the object for which the declaration is made or used, shall be punished in the same manner as
if he gave false evidence.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023