Whoever fraudulently, or dishonestly, or with intent to injure or annoy any person, makes before a court of justice any claim which he knows to be false, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Section history
Section 209
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Section 209 — Original text to 1 January 2020superseded
[Indian PC 1860, s. 209]
Section 209 — From 1 January 2020 (current)repealed by Criminal Law Reform Act 2019
[Repealed by Act 15 of 2019 wef 01/01/2020]