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title: "10 U.S.C. § 931"
description: "Art. 131. Perjury"
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# 10 U.S.C. § 931 - Art. 131. Perjury
## Text
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.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 75; Pub. L. 94550, § 3, Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2535; Pub. L. 97295, § 1(13), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1289.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 93150:725.May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 131), 64 Stat. 142. The words “in a” are inserted before the words “course of justice”.
Editorial Notes
Amendments1982—Par. (2). Pub. L. 97295 struck out “United States Code,” after “title 28,”. 1976—Pub. L. 94550 divided existing provisions into an introductory phrase, par. (1), and a closing phrase, and added par. (2).