10 U.S.C. § 931 — Art. 131. Perjury

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This section sets rules about art. 131. perjury. It states the duties, permissions, limits, definitions, or penalties provided in the section.

A person covered by this chapter who in a judicial proceeding or in a course of justice willfully and corruptly (1) upon a lawful oath or in any form allowed by law to be substituted for an oath, gives any false testimony material to the issue or matter of inquiry; or (2) in any declaration, certificate, verification, or statement under penalty of perjury as permitted under section 1746 of title 28 , subscribes any false statement material to the issue or matter of inquiry; commits perjury. The person must be punished as a court-martial may direct.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Any person subject to this chapter who in a judicial proceeding or in a course of justice willfully and corruptly—

(1)

upon a lawful oath or in any form allowed by law to be substituted for an oath, gives any false testimony material to the issue or matter of inquiry; or

(2)

in any declaration, certificate, verification, or statement under penalty of perjury as permitted under section 1746 of title 28, subscribes any false statement material to the issue or matter of inquiry;

is guilty of perjury and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 75; Pub. L. 94–550, § 3, Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2535; Pub. L. 97–295, § 1(13), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1289.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
1976Amended · Pub. L. 94-550 · 90 Stat. 2535
1982Amended · Pub. L. 97-295 · 96 Stat. 1289

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 1041 on 1956-08-10.

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