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11-679: The Perjury Act 1911 ( 1 & 2 Geo. 5 . c. 6) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It creates the offence of perjury and a number of similar offences. This Act has effect as if section 89 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 and section 80 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 were contained in this act. This section creates the offence of perjury . This section was inserted by section 8(1) of, and Schedule 1 to,

22-426: A term not exceeding two years or a fine or both. This offence is triable either way . A person guilty of this offence is liable, on conviction on indictment , to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine, or to both, or, summary conviction , to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding the prescribed sum , or to both. Section 7(1) is redundant. This section

33-452: Is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 40th year of that reign. Note that the modern convention is to use Arabic numerals in citations (thus "41 Geo. 3" rather than "41 Geo. III"). Acts of the last session of the Parliament of Great Britain and the first session of

44-510: The Evidence (Proceedings in other Jurisdictions) Act 1975 . It provides: If any person, in giving any testimony (either orally or in writing) otherwise than on oath, where required to do so by an order under section 2 of the Evidence (Proceedings in other Jurisdictions) Act 1975, makes a statement - he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for

55-466: The list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland . For acts passed from 1707 to 1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain . See also the list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland . For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament , the list of acts of

66-570: The short titles for these acts were distinguished from those passed by the Westminster parliament by the insertion of the bracketed words "Northern Ireland" between the word "act" and the year. Thus Police Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 was an act passed by the Parliament of Northern Ireland, whereas the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 was passed at Westminster. As with UK legislation, Northern Ireland's acts of Parliament were traditionally cited using

77-519: The Northern Ireland Assembly , and the list of acts and measures of Senedd Cymru ; see also the list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland . The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800

88-480: The Parliament of the United Kingdom are both cited as "41 Geo. 3". Acts passed from 1963 onwards are simply cited by calendar year and chapter number. The first session of the 30th Parliament of the United Kingdom , which met from 31 January 1911 until 16 December 1911. List of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland This is a list of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland , from its first session in 1921 to suspension in 1972. From 1922 onwards,

99-504: The evidence of one witness as to the falsity of any statement alleged to be false. The following cases are relevant to the interpretation of this section: This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1927 . This section reads: This Act shall not extend to Scotland or Ireland . The reference to Ireland must now be construed as a reference to Northern Ireland . So much of this section as related commencement

110-444: Was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1927 . The Schedule was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1927 . 1 %26 2 Geo. 5 This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1911 . Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland ). For acts passed up until 1707, see

121-669: Was repealed for England and Wales on 1 April 1986. This section was repealed by section 10(2) of, and Part II of Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967 . This section was repealed by section 10 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933 . This section provides: A person shall not be liable to be convicted of any offence against this Act, or of any offence declared by any other Act to be perjury or subornation of perjury, or to be punishable as perjury or subornation of perjury, solely upon

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