Indian Penal Code
IPC 181 is now BNS 216.
False statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorised to administer an oath or affirmation
Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. X
s. 181
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 4[or affirmation] to state the truth on any subject to any public servant or other person authorized by law to administer such oath 4[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.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. XIII
s. 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
Text from India Code