Perjury Act 1911

[CYNthesys]

I've always thought that perjury only related to court proceedings, but after reading this it seems that it equally applies to false statements not made under oath.


Perjury Act 1911 (c.6) Main body

5.
False statutory declarations and other false statements without oath.
If any person knowingly and wilfully makes (otherwise than on oath) a statement false in a material particular, and the statement is made— (a)
in a statutory declaration; or

(b)
in an abstract, account, balance sheet, book, certificate, declaration, entry, estimate, inventory, notice, report, return, or other document which he is authorised or required to make, attest, or verify, by any public general Act of Parliament for the time being in force; or

(c)
in any oral declaration or oral answer which he is required to make by, under, or in pursuance of any public general Act of Parliament for the time being in force,


he shall be guilty of a misdemeanour and shall be liable on conviction thereof on indictment to imprisonment, . . . F1 , for any term not exceeding two years, or to a fine or to both such imprisonment and fine.

[theGobbyOne]

Re: Perjury Act 1911

Perjury is a henious crime to a judge..........they take it as a personal affront to their jurisdiction in the court room.................The tip here is to never perjure yourself.......lol