(a) A person commits false swearing if other than in an official proceeding he or she makes a false material statement, knowing it to be false, under an oath required or authorized by law.
(b) Lack of knowledge of the materiality of the statement is not a defense to a charge of false swearing.
(c) False swearing is a Class A misdemeanor.
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