Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act 2021
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Perjury | ||
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2. (1) A person commits an offence (in this Act referred to as perjury) if he or she, in, or for the purpose of, a judicial or other proceeding, gives a statement material in the proceeding— | ||
(a) while lawfully sworn as a witness or as an interpreter, | ||
(b) on affidavit, or | ||
(c) in a statement of truth made in place of an affidavit in accordance with section 21 of the Act of 2020, | ||
that is false, and he or she knows to be false. | ||
(2) Where, pursuant to an enactment, a statement is made by a person in a manner specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (1)— | ||
(a) within the State for the purposes of a proceeding outside the State and such proceeding corresponds to a judicial or other proceeding in the State, or | ||
(b) outside the State for the purposes of a judicial or other proceeding within the State, | ||
the statement shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as a statement made in such a manner in, or for the purpose of, a judicial or other proceeding in the State. | ||
(3) Where proceedings are brought against a person for the alleged commission of perjury, the question as to whether a statement given by the person was material in a judicial or other proceeding is a question of law to be determined by the court of trial in the proceedings for perjury. | ||
(4) This section is without prejudice to the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 . |