Singapore legislation
Section 14
Section 14
Making of false statutory declaration an offence
(1)
Any person who —
makes in a statutory declaration a statement which is false, and which the person knows or has reason to believe is false or does not believe to be true, touching any point material to the object for which the declaration is made or used; or
corruptly uses or attempts to use as true any statutory declaration made in or outside Singapore knowing the declaration to be false in any material point,shall be guilty of an offence and —
if the person made the statutory declaration for use in any stage of a judicial proceeding or (as the case may be) used or attempted to use the statutory declaration in any stage of a judicial proceeding, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 7 years and shall also be liable to a fine; or
in any other case, shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to 3 years and shall also be liable to a fine.
(2)
Without limiting subsection (1)(c) —
a trial before a subordinate military court within the meaning of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972 is a judicial proceeding; and
each of the following is treated as a stage of a judicial proceeding:
an investigation directed by law that is preliminary to a proceeding before a court, whether the investigation takes place before a court or otherwise;
an investigation directed by a court, and conducted under the authority of a court, whether the investigation takes place before a court or otherwise.
(3)
Subsection (1)(a) applies to the making of a statutory declaration outside Singapore if the person knows or has reason to believe that the statutory declaration is intended to be used in Singapore; and the person may be dealt with as if the offence had been committed in Singapore.
(4)
No prosecution may be instituted under this section without the written consent of the Public Prosecutor.