{"data":{"id":"us-gu/9-gca-52.25","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"9 GCA § 52.25","heading":"Unavailability of Certain Defenses.","body":"It is not a defense to any offense defined in § 52.15 or § 52.20 that:\n(a) the oath was administered or taken in an irregular manner;\n(b) the authority or jurisdiction of the person administering the oath was defective, if the defect was excusable under any statute or rule of law;\n(c) the statement was subject to a proper objection, whether or not such objection was made; or\n(d) the defendant mistakenly believed the falsification to be immaterial, where materiality of the statement is an element of the offense.","path":["Title 9: Crimes and Corrections","Chapter 52: Perjury and Offense Against the Integrity of Official Proceedings"],"source_url":"https://col.guamcourts.gov/sites/default/files/9gc052.pdf","current_through":"P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T02:48:38Z","sha256":"8f2e86617620c04796dab85eafd0897ce227a3206a9e760794f7ca4b56309a84","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/9-gca-52.20","next":"us-gu/9-gca-52.30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}