{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"125","citation":"Pen. Code, § 125","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1"},{"name":"TITLE 7. OF CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE [92. - 186.36.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-7"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5. Perjury and Subornation of Perjury [118. - 131.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-7/chapter-5"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>An unqualified statement of that which one does not know to be true is equivalent to a statement of that which one knows to be false.</p>","text":"An unqualified statement of that which one does not know to be true is equivalent to a statement of that which one knows to be false.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/perjury-and-subornation-of-perjury-125","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}