Section 281: Giving false evidence on decisory oath
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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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