{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-5-5-57","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 5:5-57","heading":"False testimony as perjury","body":"A person who, having been sworn or affirmed as a witness in any such proceeding, shall willfully give false testimony shall be guilty of perjury.\nL.1940, c. 17, p. 84, s. 37.","path":["TITLE 5 AMUSEMENTS, PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS AND MEETINGS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"bfb9de2653378f7e1c3486275201f4e9fa13bf6ede9481ee165cb8b658d431f9","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-5-5-56","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-5-5-58"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}