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IPC Section 199 - False statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 199 deals with false statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence.
Full official legal text
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 authori sed 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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