CHAPTER X OF CONTEMPTS OF THE LAWFUL AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC SERVANTS

Section 181: False statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorised to administer an oath or affirmation

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

Whoever, being legally bound by an oath ¹[or affirmation] to state the truth on any subject to any public servant or other person authorized by law to administer such oath ¹[or affirmation], makes, to such public servant or other person as aforesaid, touching that subject, any statement which is false, and which he either knows or believes to be false or does not believe to be true, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Footnotes in the official text

1.Ins. by Act 10 of 1873, s. 15.

Now in the BNS

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

181. False statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorised to administer an oath or affirmation.

BNS 216

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