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Oaths may be administered on Police Inquiries.
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XXIV. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the Inspector General or Deputy Inspector General to be appointed under this Act, or either of them, or any other Person or Persons to be nominated for the Purpose from Time to Time by the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the Time being, to examine on Oath into the Truth of any Charges or Complaint preferred against any Person to be appointed under this Act, of any Neglect or Violation of Duty in his Office, and to report thereon to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland; and any Person who on any such Inquiry, or on any other Occasion on which an Oath may be administered under this Act, shall give false Evidence or take a false Oath, and be thereof duly convicted, shall be deemed guilty of wilful and corrupt Perjury, and shall be liable to such Pains and Penalties as Persons convicted of wilful and corrupt Perjury are or may be subject and liable to.
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