10 USC § 931 - Art. 131. Perjury

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title: "10 USC § 931 - Art. 131. Perjury"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "931"
section_name: "Art. 131. Perjury"
chapter_number: 47
chapter_name: "UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "X"
subchapter_name: "PUNITIVE ARTICLES"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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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.)"
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# § 931. Art. 131. Perjury

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.

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**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.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 931 | 50:725. | 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

### Amendments

1982—Par. (2).  struck out “United States Code,” after “title 28,”.

1976— divided existing provisions into an introductory phrase, par. (1), and a closing phrase, and added par. (2).