33False statements

#### 33 False statements 33 False statements > > (1) Any person who, having made an affidavit under section 32, wilfully makes a false statement in the affidavit, knowing the statement to be false, is taken to be guilty of perjury if the making of the statement, had it been on oath, would by law have been perjury. > > > (2) No prosecution for an offence referred to in subsection (1) is to be commenced without the sanction of the Attorney General. > > **s 33:** Ins 1985 No 151, Sch 1 (2). Subst 1990 No 93, Sch 1 (1); 1995 No 27, Sch 1.