Penal Code · s 193

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193.
Punishment for false evidence
Whoever intentionally -
(a) gives false evidence in any stage of a judicial proceeding;
or fabricates false evidence for the purpose of being used in any stage of a judicial proceeding, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years and fine; and
(b) gives or fabricates false evidence in any other case, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years and fine.
Explanation I -
A trial before Court-martial is a judicial proceeding.
Explanation 2 - An investigation directed by law preliminary to a proceeding before a Court of Justice, is a stage of a judicial proceeding, though that investigation may not take place before a Court of Justice.

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A, in an inquiry before a Magistrate for the purpose of ascertaining whether Zought to be committed for trial, makes on oath a statement which he knows to be false. As this inquiry is a stage of a judicial proceeding, A has given false evidence.
Explcrnation 3 - An investigation directed by a Court of Justice according to law, and conducted under the authority of a Court of Justice, is a stage of a judicial proceeding, though that investigation may not take place before a Court of Justice.
A, in an inquiry before an officer deputed by a Court of Justice to ascertain on the spot the boundaries of land, makes on oath a statement which he knows to be false. As this inquiry is a stage of a judicial proceeding, A has given false evidence.

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s 193Punishment for false evidence

Whoever intentionally -

(a)

gives false evidence in any stage of a judicial proceeding;

or fabricates false evidence for the purpose of being used in any stage of a judicial proceeding, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years and fine; and

(b)

gives or fabricates false evidence in any other case, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years and fine.

Explanation I -

A trial before Court-martial is a judicial proceeding.

Explanation 2 - An investigation directed by law preliminary to a proceeding before a Court of Justice, is a stage of a judicial proceeding, though that investigation may not take place before a Court of Justice.

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Illustration

A, in an inquiry before a Magistrate for the purpose of ascertaining whether Zought to be committed for trial, makes on oath a statement which he knows to be false. As this inquiry is a stage of a judicial proceeding, A has given false evidence.

Explcrnation 3 - An investigation directed by a Court of Justice according to law, and conducted under the authority of a Court of Justice, is a stage of a judicial proceeding, though that investigation may not take place before a Court of Justice.

A, in an inquiry before an officer deputed by a Court of Justice to ascertain on the spot the boundaries of land, makes on oath a statement which he knows to be false. As this inquiry is a stage of a judicial proceeding, A has given false evidence.