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Punishment for Perjury.
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CXXIII. And be it further enacted, That if any Person, upon Examination on Oath or Affirmation before the said Commissioners of this Act, or the Commissioners to be named and authorized in and by any Commission to be issued in pursuance of this Act, or in any Affidavit, Deposition, or Affirmation before any Judge, Baron of the Exchequer, Vicar General, Surrogate, Master or Master Extraordinary in Chancery, or Justice of the Peace, in any Matter relating to the Execution of this Act, shall wilfully and corruptly give false Evidence, or shall in any such Affidavit, Deposition, or Affirmation wilfully and corruptly swear or affirm any Matter or Thing which shall be false or untrue, every such Person so offending, and being thereof duly convicted, shall be and is hereby declared to be subject and liable to such Pains and Penalties as by any Law now or hereafter to be in force in Ireland any Persons convicted of wilful and corrupt Perjury are or may be subject and liable to.
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