IPC Section 181 - False stat ement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authori sed to

181. False stat ement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authori sed 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 b y 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.