Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Crimes Act 1958 - SECT 314

Perjury

314. Perjury





(1) Whosoever commits wilful and corrupt perjury or subornation of perjury
shall be liable to level 4 imprisonment (15 years maximum).





(2) Where in any Act it is provided that any person shall be liable to the
penalties of perjury or shall be guilty of perjury or shall be deemed to have
committed perjury or any similar expression is used such person shall be
deemed to have committed an offence against subsection (1) and may be
proceeded against tried and punished accordingly.

(3) Where by or under any Act it is required or authorized that facts matters
or things be verified or otherwise assured or ascertained by or upon the oath
affirmation declaration or affidavit of some or any person, any person who in
any such case takes or makes any oath affirmation or declaration so required
or authorized and who knowingly wilfully and corruptly upon such oath
affirmation or declaration deposes swears to or makes any false statement as
to any such fact matter or thing, and any person who knowingly wilfully and
corruptly upon oath deposes to the truth of any statement for so verifying
assuring or ascertaining any such fact matter or thing or purporting so to do,
or who knowingly wilfully and corruptly takes makes signs or subscribes any
such affirmation declaration or affidavit as to any such fact matter or thing,
such statement affirmation declaration or affidavit being untrue wholly or in
part, or who knowingly wilfully and corruptly omits from any such affirmation
declaration or affidav it made or sworn under the provisions of any law any
matter which by the provisions of such law is required to be stated in such
affirmation declaration or affidavit, shall be deemed guilty of wilful and
corrupt perjury. Nothing herein contained shall affect any case amounting to
perjury at the common law or the case of any offence in respect of which other
provision is made by any Act.