94Perjury

94 Perjury

[Section 94 Amended by 15 Geo. V No. 34, s. 2 ]

(1)  Any person lawfully sworn as a witness, or as an interpreter, in a judicial proceeding, who wilfully makes a statement which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true, is guilty of a crime.

Charge:  Perjury.

(2)  For the purposes of this section a statement is deemed to be made in a judicial proceeding if it is made on oath for the purposes of any such proceeding, whether before or after the same is commenced, before a person authorized by law to administer such oath and to record or authenticate such statement.

(3)  A statement made by a person lawfully sworn in this State for the purposes of a judicial proceeding –

(a) in any other part of His Majesty's dominions;

(b) in any lawfully constituted British tribunal in any place by sea or land outside His Majesty's dominions; or

(c) in a tribunal of any foreign State –

shall be deemed to be made in a judicial proceeding in this State.

(4)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(5)  It is immaterial whether the court or tribunal in which a judicial proceeding was pending was properly constituted, or was held in the proper place, or not, if it acted as a court or tribunal in the proceeding in which the statement was made.

(6)  It is immaterial whether the person who made the statement was a competent witness or not, or whether the statement was admissible as evidence in the proceeding or not.