---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 931a"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "931a"
heading: "Art. 131a. Subornation of perjury"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/931a"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 47 — Uniform Code of Military Justice"
  - "Subchapter X — Punitive Articles"
---

# §931a. Art. 131a. Subornation of perjury

- (a) **In General.—** Any [person](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) subject to this chapter who induces and procures another [person](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2)—
  - (1) to take an oath; and
  - (2) to falsely testify, depose, or [state](/usc/10/4951.md?p=4) upon such oath;

  shall, if the conditions specified in [subsection (b)](#b) are satisfied, be punished as a court-martial may direct.

- (b) **Conditions.—** The conditions referred to in [subsection (a)](#a) are the following:
  - (1) The oath is administered with respect to a matter for which such oath is required or authorized by law.
  - (2) The oath is administered by a [person](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) having authority to do so.
  - (3) Upon the oath, the other [person](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) willfully makes or subscribes a statement.
  - (4) The statement is material.
  - (5) The statement is false.
  - (6) When the statement is made or subscribed, the [person](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) subject to this chapter and the other [person](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) do not believe that the statement is true.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5444, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2956.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.