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Section 281: Giving false evidence on decisory oath

Criminal Code · CHAPTER I: OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON

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281. Giving false evidence on decisory oath Celui à qui le serment aura été Any party in a civil suit who has déféré ou référé en matière civile, et been judicially put upon his oath, qui aura fait un faux serment, sera and makes a false declaration, shall puni de servitude pénale qui be punished by penal servitude for a n’excèdera pas 20 ans et d’une term not exceeding 20 years and by amende qui n’excèdera pas a fine not exceeding 100,000 roupies. 100,000 rupees. [S. 281 reprinted by Reprint 2 of 1983; amended by Act 5 of 1999; s. 8 of Act 36 of 2008 w.e.f. 6 December 2008.]

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