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216. False statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorised to administer an oath or affirmation.
Whoever, being legally bound by an oath or affirmation to state the truth on any subject to any public servant or other person authorised by law to administer such oath 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.
Legal Notes & Explanations: Searchers querying art 216 should distinguish criminal law from constitutional law: while constitutional art 216 governs High Courts, criminal art 216 corresponds to section 216 BNS for false statements on oath. Under art 216 principles, offences under art 216 carry up to three years imprisonment under section 216, with art 216 trials prosecuted under 216.
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