This section covers false statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorized to administer an oath or affirmation in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
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.
Read also: Section 69 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS
What was the old IPC code for Section 216 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, false statement on oath or affirmation to public servant or person authorized to administer an oath or affirmation was covered in S. 181.