{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-121","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 121","heading":"","body":"It is no defense to a prosecution for perjury that the oath was administered or taken in an irregular manner, or that the person accused of perjury did not go before, or was not in the presence of, the officer purporting to administer the oath, if such accused caused or procured such officer to certify that the oath had been taken or administered.","path":["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.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"958220aee9ec4be0f804249fac4eeaec62f6e7364985f3cf1af79296b77ddea9","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-120","next":"us-ca/pen-122"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}