BOOK I — PENALTIES

11 Penal servitude

(1) The punishment of penal servitude is imposed for life or for a minimum term of years.

BOOK III — CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS

TITLE I — OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE

CHAPTER I — OFFENCES OF A PUBLIC NATURE

64 Taking command of armed force

Any person who —

(a) without lawful right or reason, takes the command of an armed force, troop, fleet, squadron, man of war, fortified place, post, port or town ;
(b) continues to hold any military command against the order of the Government ; or
(c) being a commander keeps his army or troops embodied after the disbanding or dismissing of the same has been ordered,
shall be punished by penal servitude for life or for a term not exceeding 20 years.

BOOK III — CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS

TITLE I — OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE

CHAPTER III — CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS AGAINST THE PUBLIC PEACE

162 Witness giving false excuse

Any witness, judicially summoned, who has alleged an excuse proved to be false, shall be condemned to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees.

BOOK III — CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS

TITLE II — OFFENCES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS

CHAPTER I — OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON

276 Giving false evidence in case of crime

(1) Any person who is convicted of giving false evidence in the prosecution of a crime, either for or against the prisoner,
Shall be punished by penal servitude for the term not exceeding 10 years.