Evidence Act, 1841, 7 of 1841 (Rep., Act 16 of 1874)

Section IV. And it is hereby enacted, that it shall be lawful for every Court or person authorized to take the e

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

IV. And it is hereby enacted, that it shall be lawful for every Court or person authorized to take the examination o witness by any Order or Commission issued in pursuance of this Act and they are hereby authorized and required to take all such examinations upon oath or affirmation where an affirmation is admissible or required upon trial, and if upon such oath or affirmation any person making the same shall be willfully and corruptly give any false evidence, every person so offending shall be deemed and taken to be guily or perjury, and every person causing or procuring another person to commit the offence or perjury hereby defined shall be guilty of subornation of perjury.

Source: India Code