California Penal Code CHAPTER 5 - Perjury and Subornation of Perjury

  • Section 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,...
  • Section 118.1.
    Every peace officer who files any report with the agency which employs him or her regarding the commission of any crime or any investigation of...
  • Section 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, declare,...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 126.
    Perjury is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for two, three or four years.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 249....
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...

Last modified: October 22, 2018