False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence
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Summary
Making a false statement in a declaration that a court, public servant, or other authorised person is required or allowed to accept as evidence is an offence when the lie concerns a material point. The offender is punishable in the same manner as if they had given false evidence.
Example
Rohan signs a sworn declaration before a magistrate saying a borrowed tool is his when he knows it is not. Because that declaration is receivable as evidence and the lie is about a material point, he can be punished in the same way as for giving false evidence.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever, 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.
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