Section 89: Making of false statement on enlistment

A person who, when before a recruiting officer for the purpose of being attested in pursuance of Part IX of this Act, has knowingly given a false answer to a question contained in the attestation paper and put to him by or by the direction of the recruiting officer is, if he has since become and remains subject to service law under this Act, guilty of an offence under this section and liable, on conviction by a court-martial, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to any less punishment provided by this Act.