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Persons making false oath or declaration liable to the penalties of perjury, &c.
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78. If any prisoner or other person taking an oath under the provisions of this Act shall wilfully fors wear and perjure himself in any oath to be taken under this Act, and shall be lawfully convicted thereof, the person so offending shall suffer such punishment as may by law be inflicted on persons convicted of wilful and corrupt perjury; and in all cases wherein by this Act an oath is required, the solemn affirmation or declaration of any person being a Quaker, or other person by law allowed to affirm or declare, shall and may be accepted and taken in lieu thereof; and every person making such affirmation or declaration, who shall be convicted of wilful false affirmation or declaration, shall incur and suffer such and the same penalties as are inflicted and imposed upon persons convicted of wilful and corrupt perjury.
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