Section 191: False statements in statements required to be under oath or
solemn declaration
Any person who, on any occasion on which a person making a statement touching any
matter is required by law to make it on oath, or under some sanction which may by
law be substituted for an oath, or is required to verify it by solemn declaration or
affirmation, makes a statement touching such matter which, in any material particular,
is to his knowledge false, and verifies it on oath, or under such other sanction or by
solemn declaration or affirmation, is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for
seven years.
The offender cannot be arrested without warrant.
Cite this section
Section 191, CRIMINAL CODE ACT (2004).
https://repo.podus.ai/laws/criminal-code-act/section/191/