10 U.S.C. § 931
Section 931 · Art. 131. Perjury
Amended 3 times on record
Applied in 35 court decisions — leading case United States v. Gaudin (1994)
Most recently applied in United States v. Giles (April 2004)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
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.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
The words “in a” are inserted before the words “course of justice”.
Amendments
1982—Par. (2). Pub. L. 97–295 struck out “United States Code,” after “title 28,”.
1976—Pub. L. 94–550 divided existing provisions into an introductory phrase, par. (1), and a closing phrase, and added par. (2).
Cross References
Article to be explained, see section 937 of this title.
Federal offense, see section 1621 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
Statute of limitations, see section 843 of this title.