Affirmation or representation; form
Sec. 1. (a) Wherever in this article it is provided that any pleading,
petition, report, or other document of any kind be verified, or that an
oath be taken, it shall be sufficient if the subscriber simply affirms
the truth of the matter to be verified by an affirmation or
representation in substantially the following language: "I (we) affirm,
under the penalties for perjury, that the foregoing representation(s)
is (are) true.
(SIGNED) ____________________"
(b) Any person who falsifies an affirmation or representation of
fact shall be subject to the same penalties as are prescribed by law
for the making of a false affidavit.
(Formerly: Acts 1953, c.112, s.2503; Acts 1959, c.200, s.1.) As
amended by Acts 1982, P.L.171, SEC.68.
Last modified: May 27, 2006