Singapore legislation

Section 43

of Civil Defence Act 1986

Section 43

False evidence

Any person who having been lawfully sworn as a witness or as an interpreter in proceedings before a disciplinary officer or a board of inquiry makes a statement material in those proceedings which the person knows to be false or does not believe to be true shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or any other punishment authorised by this Act.