VidhiSangh

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section 199: False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence

Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024. Use it for offences committed before repeal and other liabilities, investigations or proceedings preserved by BNS section 358; do not use it as the current general penal code.

Chapter XI — Of False Evidence and Offences Against Public Justice

199. 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. Using as true such declaration knowing it to be false.

Source: official text of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.