CHAPTER 5. Perjury and Subornation of Perjury
Chapter 5 enacted 1872.
§§ 118–131 · 15 sections
- § 118 (a) Every person who, having taken an oath that he or she will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly before any competent tribunal, officer, or person, in…
- § 118.1 (a) Every peace officer who, in their capacity as a peace officer, knowingly and intentionally makes, or causes to be made, any material statement in a peace…
- § 118a Any person who, in any affidavit taken before any person authorized to administer oaths, swears, affirms, declares, deposes, or certifies that he will testify,…
- § 119 The term “oath,” as used in the last two sections, includes an affirmation and every other mode authorized by law of attesting the truth of that which is…
- § 120 So much of an oath of office as relates to the future performance of official duties is not such an oath as is intended by the two preceding sections.
- § 121 It is no defense to a prosecution for perjury that the oath was administered or taken in an irregular manner, or that the person accused of perjury did not go…
- § 122 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…
- § 123 It is no defense to a prosecution for perjury that the accused did not know the materiality of the false statement made by him; or that it did not, in fact,…
- § 124 The making of a deposition, affidavit or certificate is deemed to be complete, within the provisions of this chapter, from the time when it is delivered by the…
- § 125 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.
- § 126 Perjury is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for two, three or four years.
- § 127 Every person who willfully procures another person to commit perjury is guilty of subornation of perjury, and is punishable in the same manner as he would be…
- § 128 Every person who, by willful perjury or subornation of perjury procures the conviction and execution of any innocent person, is punishable by death or life…
- § 129 Every person who, being required by law to make any return, statement, or report, under oath, willfully makes and delivers any such return, statement, or…
- § 131 Every person in any matter under investigation for a violation of the Corporate Securities Law of 1968 (Part 1 (commencing with Section 25000) of Division 1 of…