Pen. Code, § 129 · Chapter 5. Perjury and Subornation of Perjury
Pen. Code, § 129
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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
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 report, purporting to be under oath, knowing the same to be false in any particular, is guilty of perjury, whether such oath was in fact taken or not.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1905, Ch. 485.
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- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=129.
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