Section 106: False written statements tendered in evidence.

Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 · 1980 c.43

Part IV: Witnesses and Evidence

106(1)

If any person in a written statement admitted in evidence in criminal proceedings by virtue of section 5B above wilfully makes a statement material in those proceedings which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true, he shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine or both.

106(2)

The Perjury Act 1911 shall have effect as if this section were contained in that Act.

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