GroundRules
PEN § 123
Where this section sits in the code
- Penal Code - PEN
- PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]
- TITLE 7. OF CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE [92. - 186.36.]
- CHAPTER 5. Perjury and Subornation of Perjury [118. - 131.]
It is no defense to a prosecution for perjury that the accused did not know the materiality of the false statement made by him; or that it did not, in fact, affect the proceeding in or for which it was made. It is sufficient that it was material, and might have been used to affect such proceeding.
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