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The Perjury Act 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 6) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It creates the offence of perjury and a number of similar offences.
Act of Parliament | |
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Long title | An Act to consolidate and simplify the Law relating to Perjury and kindred offences. |
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Citation | 1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 6 |
Territorial extent | England and Wales[2] |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 29 June 1911 |
Commencement | 1 January 1912[3] |
Other legislation | |
Repeals/revokes | Perjury Act 1562, Perjury Act 1728 |
Status: Amended | |
Text of statute as originally enacted | |
Revised text of statute as amended |
This Act has effect as if section 89 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 and section 80 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 were contained in this act.[4][5]
This section creates the offence of perjury.
This section was inserted by section 8(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Evidence (Proceedings in other Jurisdictions) Act 1975. It provides:
If any person, in giving any testimony (either orally or in writing) otherwise than on oath, where required to do so by an order under section 2 of the Evidence (Proceedings in other Jurisdictions) Act 1975, makes a statement -
- (a) which he knows to be false in a material particular, or
- (b) which is false in a material particular and which he does not believe to be true,
he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or both.[6]
This offence is triable either way.[7] A person guilty of this offence is liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine, or to both, or, summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding the prescribed sum, or to both.[8]
Section 7(1) is redundant.[9]
This section was repealed[10] for England and Wales[11] on 1 April 1986.[12]
This section was repealed by section 10(2) of, and Part II of Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967.
This section was repealed by section 10 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933.
This section provides:
A person shall not be liable to be convicted of any offence against this Act, or of any offence declared by any other Act to be perjury or subornation of perjury, or to be punishable as perjury or subornation of perjury, solely upon the evidence of one witness as to the falsity of any statement alleged to be false.[13]
The following cases are relevant to the interpretation of this section:
This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1927.
This section reads:
The reference to Ireland must now be construed as a reference to Northern Ireland.[15]
So much of this section as related commencement was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1927.
The Schedule was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1927.
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