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Chapter XIV · Of False Evidence and Offences Against Public Justice

246Dishonestly making false claim in Court

Section 246 · Chapter XIV

Whoever fraudulently or dishonestly, or with intent to injure or annoy any person, makes in a Court any claim which he knows to be false, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, and shall also be liable to fine.

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