O.C.G.A. § 16-10-71: False swearing.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 16 Crimes and Offenses
- CHAPTER 10 Offenses Against Public Administration
- Article 4 Perjury and Related Offenses
(a) A person to whom a lawful oath or affirmation has been administered or who executes a document knowing that it purports to be an acknowledgment of a lawful oath or affirmation commits the offense of false swearing when, in any matter or thing other than a judicial proceeding, he knowingly and willfully makes a false statement.
(b) A person convicted of the offense of false swearing shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years, or both.
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