{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-122","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 122","heading":"","body":"It is no defense to a prosecution for perjury that the accused was not competent to give the testimony, deposition, or certificate of which falsehood is alleged. It is sufficient that he did give such testimony or make such deposition or certificate.","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":"929e9d857471fcc9a5d734bbd5d7aef60fabff8732bb46238e719ea963f559a8","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-121","next":"us-ca/pen-123"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}