Section 199. False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence
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Act
Indian Penal Code, 1860
Section number
199
Section reader
Indian Penal Code, 1860
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.
