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Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act 2021

In short

This law creates new offences related to lying under oath or making false statements, aiming to strengthen the integrity of legal and other formal proceedings. It defines and criminalises perjury, subornation of perjury, and the fabrication of evidence.

What it regulates

  • The act of giving false statements under oath in judicial or other proceedings.
  • The act of causing another person to commit perjury.
  • The making of false statements on oath outside of formal proceedings.
  • The creation of false statutory declarations and other false statements without an oath.
  • The act of fabricating evidence.

Who it concerns

  • Anyone giving statements as a witness or interpreter in judicial or other proceedings.
  • Anyone making statements on affidavit or in a statement of truth.
  • Anyone making false statements on oath or false statutory declarations.
  • Anyone who fabricates evidence or incites others to commit these offences.

Key points

  • Perjury occurs when a person gives a false, material statement in a judicial or other proceeding, knowing it to be false, while lawfully sworn, on affidavit, or in a statement of truth.
  • "Judicial or other proceeding" includes proceedings before a court, tribunal (including inquiries or investigations), or any person legally empowered to hear evidence on oath.
  • "Oath" includes affirmation or declaration for those allowed by law to use them instead of swearing.
  • "Affidavit" includes declarations for those allowed by law to declare instead of swearing.
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Proof of certain proceedings on which perjury is assigned 11. Form of oath and perjury, etc. 12. Penalties 13. Liability of directors and officers of corporate bodies 14. Proceedings for offences 15. Savings 16. Repeals and amendments 17. Short title and commencement SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE 2 SCHEDULE 3 Amendments to Relevant Acts Acts Referred to Anchors and Chain Cables Act 1899 (62 & 63 Vict.) c. 23 Arterial Drainage Act 1925 (No. 33) Assurance Companies Act 1909 (9 Edw. 7) c. 49 Attachment of Goods (Ireland) Act 1850 (13 & 14 Vict.) c. 73 Bail Act 1997 (No. 16) Bankruptcy Act 1988 (No. 27) Barrow Drainage Act 1927 (No. 26) Bills of Sale (Ireland) Act 1879 (42 & 43 Vict.) c. 50 Bills of Sale (Ireland) Acts 1879 and 1883 Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict.) c. 65 Central Bank Act 1942 (No. 22) Chancery and Common Law Offices (Ireland) Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict.) c. 129 Chancery Taxing Master (Ireland) Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict.) c. 115 Checkweighing in Various Industries Act 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5) c. 51 Child Abduction and Enforcement of Custody Orders Act 1991 (No. 6) Children Act 1997 (No. 40) Children Act 2001 (No. 24) Church Temporalities Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will.) c. 37 Civil Bill Courts (Ireland) Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict.) c. 57 Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (No. 13) Civil Procedure Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will.) c. 42 Civil Registration Act 2004 (No. 3) Coast Protection Act 1963 (No. 12) Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000 (No. 7) Commissioners For Oaths (Ireland) Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict.) c. 75 Commissioners For Oaths Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict.) c. 10 Common Law Procedure (Ireland) Act 1821 (1 & 2 Geo. 4) c. 53 Common Law Procedure Amendment Act (Ireland) 1856 (19 & 20 Vict.) c. 102 Companies Act 2014 (No. 38) Convict Prisons (Ireland) Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict.) c. 76 Cork Harbour Act 1933 (No. 1P) Court of Justice of the European Communities (Perjury) Act 1975 (No. 12) Criminal Evidence Act 1992 (No. 12) Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1802 (42 Geo. 3) c. 85 Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 (No. 7) Criminal Justice Act 1951 (No. 2) Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 (No. 11) Criminal Law (Jurisdiction) Act 1976 (No. 14) Criminal Procedure Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict.) c. 100 Criminal Procedure Act 2010 (No. 27) Debtors (Ireland) Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict.) c. 105 Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Provision of Services) Act 1993 (No. 33) Dublin Carriage Act 1853 (16 & 17 Vict.) c. 112 Dublin Police Magistrates Act 1808 (48 Geo. 3.) c. 140 Dundalk Harbour and Port Act 1925 (No. 3P) Electoral Act 1992 (No. 23) Electricity (Supply) Act 1927 (No. 27) Employment Permits Act 2006 (No. 16) Endowed Schools (Ireland) Act 1813 (53 Geo. 3) c. 107 Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 (No. 22) European Parliament Elections Act 1997 (No. 2) Evidence (Ireland) Act 1815 (55 Geo. 3.) c. 157 Evidence By Commission Act 1859 (22 Vict.) c. 20 Evidence on Commission Act 1831 (1 Will. 4.) c. 22 Explosive Substances Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vic.) c. 3 Extradition Act 1965 (No. 17) Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017 (No. 22) Fines Act (Ireland) 1851 (14 & 15 Vict.) c. 90 Fishery Harbour Centres Act 1968 (No. 18) Foreign Marriage Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict.) c. 23 Foreign Tribunals Evidence Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict.) c. 113 Friendly Societies Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict., c. 25) Friendly Societies Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict.,) c. 25 Friendly Societies Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict.) c. 25 Friendly Societies Acts 1896 to 2018 Galway Harbour Act 1935 (No. 2P) Gas Act 1976 (No. 30) Gasworks Clauses Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict.) c. 15 General Prisons (Ireland) Act 1877 (40 & 41 Vict.) c. 49 Government Annuities Act 1853 (16 & 17 Vict.) c. 45 Government Annuities Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict.) c. 51 Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict.) c. 27 Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act 2013 (No. 33) Industrial Alcohol Act 1938 (No. 23) Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict.) c. 39 Industrial and Provident Societies Acts 1893 to 2018 Insurance Acts 1909 to 2018 Interpretation Act 2005 (No. 23) Judicial Council Act 2019 (No. 33) Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 (9 Vict.) c. 18 Law of Distress Amendment Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7) c. 53 Limerick Harbour Act 1926 (No. 2P) Limited Partnerships Act 1907 (7 Edw. 7) c. 24 Local Elections (Petitions and Disqualifications) Act, 1974 (No. 8) Maintenance and Embracery Act 1540 (32 Hen. 8) c. 9 Maintenance and Embracery Act 1634 (10 Chas. 1) c. 15 Markets and Fairs Clauses Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict.) c. 14 Marriage With Foreigners Act 1906 (6 Edw. 7) c. 40 Matrimonial Causes and Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict.) c. 110 Matrimonial Causes and Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict.) c. 49 Medical Act 1858 (21 & 22 Vict.) c. 90 Mental Health Act 2001 (No. 25) Oaths Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict.) c. 105 Oaths Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict.) c. 46 Patents Act 1992 (No. 1) Pensions Commutation Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict.) c. 36 Perjury Act 1586 (28 Eliz.) c. 1 Perjury Act 1729 (3 Geo. 2) c. 4 Perpetuation of Testimony Act 1842 (5 & 6 Vict.) c. 69 Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict.) c. 93 Piracy Act 1850 (13 & 14 Vict.) c. 26 Probate Duty (Ireland) Act 1816 (56 Geo. 3) c. 56 Proceeds of Crime Act 1996 (No. 30) Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict.) c. 52 Public Works (Ireland) Act 1831 (1 & 2 Will. 4) c. 33 Public Works Loans Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict.) c. 89 Quakers and Moravians Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4) c. 49 Quakers and Moravians Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict.4) c. 77 Railway Regulation Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict.) c. 97 Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict.) c. 20 Redundancy Payments Act 1967 (No. 21) Referendum Act 1994 (No. 12) Regulation of Railways Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict.) c. 119 Regulation of Railways Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict.) c. 78 Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 (No. 13) River Owenmore Drainage Act 1926 (No. 3) Shops (Hours of Trading) Act 1938 (No. 3) Slave Trade Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict.) c. 88 Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26) Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1960 (No. 37) Statutory Declarations Act 1835 (5 & 6 Will. 4) c. 52 Statutory Declarations Act 1938 (No. 37) Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39) Town Police Clauses Act 1847 (10 & 11 Vict.) c. 89 Tumultuous Risings Act 1775 (15 & 16 Geo. 3.) c. 21 Turf Development Act 1946 (No. 10) Valuation Act 2001 (No. 13) Vexatious Indictments Act 1859 (22 & 23 Vict.) c. 17 Number 13 of 2021 CRIMINAL JUSTICE (PERJURY AND RELATED OFFENCES) ACT 2021 An Act to provide for offences relating to perjury, subornation of perjury, the making of certain false statements, the fabrication of evidence and other related matters; for those purposes to amend certain enactments; and to provide for related matters. [21st June, 2021] Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: Definitions and Application 1.

(1)In this Act— “Act of 2020” means the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 ; “affidavit”, in the case of a person for the time being allowed by law to declare instead of swearing, includes declaration; “enactment” has the same meaning as it has in the Interpretation Act 2005 ; “judicial or other proceeding” means a proceeding before any— (
  1. a)court, (
  2. b)tribunal, including a tribunal of inquiry or a commission of investigation, or (
  3. c)person having by law power to hear, receive and examine evidence on oath; “oath”, in the case of a person for the time being allowed by law to affirm or declare instead of swearing, includes affirmation or declaration; “perjury” shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed in accordance with section 2
(1); “statutory declaration” means a declaration made under the Statutory Declarations Act 1938 ; “subornation of perjury” shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed in accordance with section 3
(1); “swear”, in the case of a person for the time being allowed by law to affirm or declare instead of swearing, includes affirm and declare.
(2)Section 21
(3)of the Act of 2020 shall not apply in respect of any reference in this Act to an affidavit or a statutory declaration. Perjury 2.
(1)A person commits an offence (in this Act referred to as perjury) if he or she, in, or for the purpose of, a judicial or other proceeding, gives a statement material in the proceeding— (
  1. a)while lawfully sworn as a witness or as an interpreter, (
  2. b)on affidavit, or (
  3. c)in a statement of truth made in place of an affidavit in accordance with section 21 of the Act of 2020, that is false, and he or she knows to be false.
(2)Where, pursuant to an enactment, a statement is made by a person in a manner specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection
(1)— (
  1. a)within the State for the purposes of a proceeding outside the State and such proceeding corresponds to a judicial or other proceeding in the State, or (
  2. b)outside the State for the purposes of a judicial or other proceeding within the State, the statement shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as a statement made in such a manner in, or for the purpose of, a judicial or other proceeding in the State.
(3)Where proceedings are brought against a person for the alleged commission of perjury, the question as to whether a statement given by the person was material in a judicial or other proceeding is a question of law to be determined by the court of trial in the proceedings for perjury.
(4)This section is without prejudice to the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 . Subornation of perjury 3.
(1)A person commits an offence (in this Act referred to as subornation of perjury) if he or she procures, persuades, induces or otherwise causes another person to commit perjury, knowing or being reckless as to whether the other person is committing such offence.
(2)For the purposes of subsection
(1), it shall be immaterial whether or not the other person referred to in that subsection has been convicted of the perjury to which the alleged subornation of perjury relates.
(3)Where proceedings are brought against a person for the alleged commission of subornation of perjury, the question as to whether a statement given by the other person referred to in subsection
(1)was material in a judicial or other proceeding is a question of law to be determined by the court of trial in the proceedings for subornation of perjury.
(4)This section is without prejudice to the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 . References to perjury or subornation of perjury 4.
(1)Where, on or after the coming into operation of this subsection, a person commits an offence referred to as perjury, howsoever described, in an enactment specified in Schedule 1 , he or she shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished as if he or she were guilty of perjury under this Act.
(2)A reference in an enactment specified in Schedule 2 to perjury or to subornation of perjury, howsoever described, in relation to an act committed on or after the coming into operation of this subsection, shall be construed as a reference to perjury or to subornation of perjury, as the case may be, within the meaning of this Act. False statements on oath made otherwise than in judicial or other proceedings 5.
(1)Any person required or authorised by law to make any statement on oath for any purpose, and being lawfully sworn (otherwise than in judicial or other proceedings) who gives or causes to be given, or adduces or causes to be adduced, a statement material for that purpose that— (a) is false in any material respect, and (b) he or she knows to be false, commits an offence.
(2)A person who gives or causes to be given, or adduces or causes to be adduced, an affidavit for the purposes of the Bills of Sale (Ireland) Acts 1879 and 1883 that— (
  1. a)is false in any material aspect, and (
  2. b)he or she knows to be false, commits an offence. False statutory declarations and other false statements without oath 6.
(1)A person commits an offence if he or she, otherwise than on oath, gives or causes to be given, or adduces or causes to be adduced, a statement that is false in any material respect, and he or she knows to be false and the statement is made in any of the following: (
  1. a)a statutory declaration; (
  2. b)a statement of truth made in place of a statutory declaration in accordance with section 21 of the Act of 2020; (
  3. c)an abstract, account, balance sheet, book, certificate, declaration, entry, estimate, inventory, notice, report, return, or other document which the person is authorised or required to make, attest, or verify, by or under any enactment; (
  4. d)any oral declaration or oral answer which the person is required to make by, under, or in pursuance of any enactment.
(2)This section does not apply in respect of an offence to which section 69 of the Civil Registration Act 2004 applies. Fabrication of evidence 7. A person commits an offence if he or she, with intent to mislead any judicial or other proceeding— (
  1. a)fabricates evidence by any means other than as provided for in respect of perjury or subornation of perjury, or (
  2. b)knowingly makes use of such fabricated evidence. Incitement to commit offence 8. A person commits an offence if he or she incites another person to commit an offence under this Act. Corroboration 9. A person accused of an offence under this Act, or of any offence declared by any other Act— (
  3. a)to be perjury or subornation of perjury, or (
  4. b)to be punishable as perjury or subornation of perjury, shall not be liable to be convicted of that offence upon the evidence of one witness only unless that evidence is corroborated in some material particular by evidence that implicates the person so accused. Proof of certain proceedings on which perjury is assigned 10. On a prosecution— (
  5. a)for perjury alleged to have been committed on the trial of an indictment, or (
  6. b)for subornation of perjury in respect of perjury alleged to have been committed on any such trial, the fact of the former trial shall be sufficiently proved by the production of a certificate containing the substance and effect (omitting the formal parts) of the indictment and trial purporting to be signed by the registrar of the court concerned, or other person having the custody of the records of the court where the indictment was tried, or by the deputy of that registrar or such other person, without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed the certificate. Form of oath and perjury, etc. 11. For the purposes of this Act, the forms and ceremonies used in administering an oath are immaterial, if— (
  7. a)the court or person before whom the oath is taken has power to administer an oath for the purpose of verifying the statement in question, and (
  8. b)if the oath has been administered in a form and with ceremonies which the person taking the oath has accepted without objection or has declared to be binding on him or her. Penalties 12. A person who commits an offence under this Act is liable— (
  9. a)on summary conviction, to a class B fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both, or (
  10. b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €100,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, or both. Liability of directors and officers of corporate bodies 13.
(1)Where an offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate and the offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any wilful neglect of, a person who, when the offence was committed, was a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body corporate or of a person purporting to act in such a capacity, that person, as well as the body corporate, is guilty of an offence and is liable to be proceeded against and punished as if guilty of the first-mentioned offence.
(2)Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection
(1)applies in relation to the acts or defaults of a member in connection with his or her functions of management as if he or she were a director or manager of the body corporate. Proceedings for offences 14.
(1)No proceedings for an offence under this Act, or for an offence of perjury or subornation of perjury under any other enactment or law, shall be brought except by, or with the consent of, the Director of Public Prosecutions.
(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10
(4)of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 , summary proceedings in relation to an offence under this Act or an offence of perjury or subornation of perjury under any other enactment or law may be commenced— (
  1. a)at any time within 12 months from the date on which the offence was committed, or (
  2. b)at any time within 6 months from the date on which evidence that, in the opinion of the person by whom such proceedings are brought, is sufficient to justify the bringing of proceedings, comes to such person’s knowledge, whichever is the later, but no such proceedings shall be commenced later than 3 years from the date on which the offence concerned was committed. Savings 15.
(1)Where the making of a false statement is— (
  1. a)an offence under section 5 or 6 of this Act, and (
  2. b)an offence that is punishable on summary conviction only under another enactment that came into operation before the coming into operation of this Act, a person shall be liable to be proceeded against for such an offence under the other enactment only.
(2)Where the making of a false statement is not only an offence under this Act but also by virtue of some other enactment is a corrupt practice or subjects the offender to any forfeiture or disqualification or to any penalty other than imprisonment or fine, then the liability of the offender under this Act shall be in addition to and not in substitution for his or her liability under that other enactment. Repeals and amendments 16.
(1)The Perjury Act 1586 and the Perjury Act 1729 are repealed.
(2)The provisions of the Acts referred to in column
(2)of Schedule 3 are amended in the manner referred to in column
(4)of that Schedule opposite the reference in column
(3)to the provision concerned. Short title and commencement 17.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act 2021.
(2)The Industrial and Provident Societies Acts 1893 to 2018, this subsection and, in so far as they relate to the amendment to the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893 , section 16
(2)and Schedule 3 may be cited together as the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts 1893 to 2021 and shall be read together as one.
(3)The Friendly Societies Acts 1896 to 2018, this subsection and, in so far as they relate to the amendment to the Friendly Societies Act 1896 , section 16
(2)and Schedule 3 may be cited together as the Friendly Societies Acts 1896 to 2021 and shall be read together as one.
(4)The Insurance Acts 1909 to 2018, this subsection and, in so far as they relate to the amendment to the Assurance Companies Act 1909 , section 16
(2)and Schedule 3 may be cited together as the Insurance Acts 1909 to 2021 and shall be read together as one.
(5)This Act comes into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Justice may by order appoint, either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision, and different days may be so fixed for different purposes and different provisions. SCHEDULE 1 Section 4
(1)
  1. Foreign Tribunals Evidence Act 1856, section 3
  2. Public Works Loans Act 1875, section 44
  3. General Prisons (Ireland) Act 1877, section 11
  4. Dundalk Harbour and Port Act 1925, section 73
(8)5. Arterial Drainage Act 1925, section 28
(2)6. Limerick Harbour Act 1926, section 24
(9)7. River Owenmore Drainage Act 1926, section 19
(2)8. Barrow Drainage Act 1927, section 30
(2)9. Electricity (Supply) Act 1927, section 88
(4)10. Cork Harbour Act 1933, section 7
(9)11. Galway Harbour Act 1935, section 58
(9)12. Shops (Hours of Trading) Act 1938, section 5
(2)13. Industrial Alcohol Act 1938, section 29
(2)14. Turf Development Act 1946, section 42
(2)15. Coast Protection Act 1963, section 27
(2)16. Fishery Harbour Centres Act 1968, section 2
(6)
  1. Court of Justice of the European Communities (Perjury) Act 1975, section 1
  2. Gas Act 1976, Second Schedule, Article 7
(3)19. Criminal Evidence Act 1992, section 29
(3)
  1. Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Provision of Services) Act 1993, section 6
  2. Children Act 1997, section 21
(3)22. Employment Permits Act 2006, section 35
(4)SCHEDULE 2 Section 4
(2)
  1. Tumultuous Risings Act 1775, sections 16 and 22
  2. Dublin Police Magistrates Act 1808, sections 57 and 124
  3. Evidence (Ireland) Act 1815, section 8
  4. Evidence on Commission Act 1831, section 7
  5. Church Temporalities Act 1833, section 123
  6. Civil Procedure Act 1833, section 23
  7. Debtors (Ireland) Act 1840, section 78
  8. Perpetuation of Testimony Act 1842, section 1
  9. Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845, section 149
  10. Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845, section 160
  11. Markets and Fairs Clauses Act 1847, section 57
  12. Gasworks Clauses Act 1847, section 44
  13. Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act 1847, section 96
  14. Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847, section 65
  15. Town Police Clauses Act 1847, section 76
  16. Attachment of Goods (Ireland) Act 1850, section 10
  17. Civil Bill Courts (Ireland) Act 1851, section 104
  18. Fines Act (Ireland) 1851, section 6
(2)
  1. Dublin Carriage Act 1853, sections 66 and 68
  2. Convict Prisons (Ireland) Act 1854, section 21
  3. Chancery and Common Law Offices (Ireland) Act 1867, sections 17, 45 and 53
  4. Commissioners For Oaths (Ireland) Act 1872, sections 5 and 9
  5. Slave Trade Act 1873, section 22
  6. Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878, section 262
  7. Explosive Substances Act 1883, section 6
(2)26. Central Bank Act 1942, section 33BA
(8)
  1. Criminal Justice Act 1951, First Schedule, reference number 3
  2. Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1960, section 29
  3. Extradition Act 1965, section 3
(1)30. Redundancy Payments Act 1967, section 39
(17)31. Local Elections (Petitions and Disqualifications) Act, 1974, section 20
(2)32. Criminal Law (Jurisdiction) Act 1976, section 12
(8)33. Bankruptcy Act 1988, section 21
(4)34. Child Abduction and Enforcement of Custody Orders Act 1991, section 36
(5)35. Patents Act 1992, section 130
(3)36. Criminal Evidence Act 1992, section 27
(2)
  1. Electoral Act 1992, Third Schedule, Rule 15
  2. Referendum Act 1994, section 52
(2)39. Ethics in Public Office Act 1995, section 32
(5)40. Proceeds of Crime Act 1996, sections 9
(2)and 16B
(6)(b) 41. European Parliament Elections Act 1997, Schedule 2, Rule 142
(2)
  1. Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, section 1066 and Schedule 27
  2. Children Act 1997, section 28
(2)44. Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000, section 14
(7)
  1. Valuation Act 2001, Schedule 2, paragraph 10
  2. Children Act 2001, section 255
(5)47. Mental Health Act 2001, section 49
(5)48. Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002, section 7
(6)49. Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, section 333
(11)50. Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006, section 12
(5)51. Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008, section 2
(1)
  1. Criminal Procedure Act 2010, section 7
  2. Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act 2013, sections 29
(1), 75
(2), 81
(1)and 90
(2)54. Companies Act 2014, section 671
(7), subsections
(1)and
(3)of section 881 and sections 931A
(7), 938
(7)and 1500
(3)55. Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017, section 47
(10)56. Judicial Council Act 2019, subsections
(4)and
(6)of section 69
  1. Rules of Procedure (Defence Forces) 2019 ( S.I. No. 555 of 2019 ), Rule 61
  2. Companies Act 2014 (Procedures Governing the Conduct of Section 934 Investigations) Regulations 2020 ( S.I. No. 16 of 2020 ), Regulation 8
(9)SCHEDULE 3 Amendments to Relevant Acts Section 16 Regnal year and number or year and number
(1)Short title
(2)Provision
(3)Amendment
(4)32 Hen. 8 c. 9 Maintenance and Embracery Act 1540 Section 3 Delete “or surborne any witnes by letters, rewaredis, promises, or by any other sinister labour or meanes,” and delete “or to the procurement or occasion of any manner of perjury by false verdict or otherwise”. 10 Chas. 1 Sess 3, c. 15 (Ir.) Maintenance and Embracery Act 1634 Section 3 Delete “or surborne any witness by letters, rewards, promises, or by any other sinister labour or means,” and delete “or to the procurement or occasion of any manner of perjury by false verdict or otherwise”. 42 Geo. 3, c. 85 Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1802 Section 5 Delete section. 53 Geo. 3, c. 107 Endowed Schools (Ireland) Act 1813 Section 30 Delete section. 54 Geo. 3, c. 157 Evidence (Ireland) Act 1815 Section 9 Delete section. 56 Geo. 3, c. 56 Probate Duty (Ireland) Act 1816 Section 131 Delete the words from “and if any person or persons making any such affidavit” down to the end of that section. 1 & 2 Geo. 4 c. 53 Common Law Procedure (Ireland) Act 1821 Section 70 Delete section. 1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 33 Public Works (Ireland) Act 1831 Section 93 Delete section. 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 49 Quakers and Moravians Act 1833 Section 1 Delete the words from “and if any such person” down to “notwithstanding”. 5 & 6 Will. 4 c.52 Statutory Declarations Act 1835 Section 5 Section 21 Delete section. Delete section. 1 & 2 Vict. c. 77 Quakers and Moravians Act 1838 Section 1 Delete the words from “and if any such person making such solemn affirmation or declaration” down to “every such offender shall be subject”. 1 & 2 Vict. c. 105 Oaths Act 1838 Section 1 Delete “either” and “or a witness, or a deponent” and delete the words from “; and every such person in case of wilful false swearing” down to the end of that section. 3 & 4 Vict. c. 97 Railway Regulation Act 1840 Section 4 Delete section. 8 & 9 Vict. c. 18 Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 Section 149 Substitute “the provisions of the special Act” for “the provisions of this or the special Act”. 8 & 9 Vict. c. 20 Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 Section 160 Substitute “the provisions of the special Act” for “the provisions of this or the special Act”. 8 & 9 Vict. c. 115 Chancery Taxing Master (Ireland) Act 1845 Section 5 Delete section. 10 & 11 Vict. c. 14 Markets and Fairs Clauses Act 1847 Section 57 Substitute “the provisions of the special Act” for “the provisions of this or the special Act”. 10 & 11 Vict. c. 15 Gasworks Clauses Act 1847 Section 44 Substitute “the provisions of the special Act” for “the provisions of this or the special Act”. 10 & 11 Vict. c. 27 Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act 1847 Section 96 Substitute “the provisions of the special Act” for “the provisions of this or the special Act”. 10 & 11 Vict. c. 65 Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847 Section 65 Substitute “the provisions of the special Act” for “the provisions of this or the special Act”. 10 & 11 Vict. c. 89 Town Police Clauses Act 1847 Section 76 Substitute “the provisions of the special Act” for “the provisions of this or the special Act”. 13 & 14 Vict. c. 26 Piracy Act 1850 Section 6 Delete section. 14 & 15 Vict. c. 57 Civil Bill Courts (Ireland) Act 1851 Section 157 Delete section. 14 & 15 Vict. c. 100 Criminal Procedure Act 1851 Sections 19 to 22 Delete sections. 16 & 17 Vict. c. 45 Government Annuities Act 1853 Section 32 Delete section. 19 & 20 Vict. c. 113 Foreign Tribunals Evidence Act 1856 Section 3 Delete “; and if upon such oath or affirmation any person making the same wilfully and corruptly give any false evidence, every person so offending shall be deemed and taken to be guilty of perjury”. 19 & 20 Vict. c. 102 Common Law Procedure Amendment Act (Ireland) 1856 Section 92 Delete section. 21 & 22 Vict. c. 90 Medical Act 1858 Section 39 Delete section. 22 Vict. c. 20 Evidence By Commission Act 1859 Section 2 Delete section. 22 & 23 Vict. c. 17 Vexatious Indictments Act 1859 Section 1 Delete “Perjury,” where it first occurs, “Subornation of Perjury,” and “or (in the Case of an Indictment for Perjury) by the Direction of any Court, Judge, or public Functionary authorise by an Act of the Session holden in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter One hundred, to direct a Prosecution for Perjury.”. 31 & 32 Vict. c. 119 Regulation of Railways Act 1868 Section 8 Delete “Any person who, when so examined on oath, makes any false statement, knowing the same to be false, shall be guilty of perjury.”. 33 & 34 Vict. c. 110 Matrimonial Causes and Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act 1870 Section 25 Delete section. 34 & 35 Vict. c. 36 Pensions Commutation Act 1871 Section 9 Delete “shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and” and “, and to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour”. 34 & 35 Vict. c. 49 Matrimonial Causes and Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act 1871 Section 19 Delete section. 34 & 35 Vict. c. 78 Regulation of Railways Act 1871 Section 10 Delete section. 35 & 36 Vict. c. 75 Commissioners For Oaths (Ireland) Act 1872 Section 5 Delete “; and any person swearing falsely in any such affidavit shall be liable to the penalties of perjury, and may be indicted and tried for perjury in the same manner to all intents and purposes as he might be if such affidavit had been sworn in the county of the city of Dublin”. 42 & 43 Vict. c. 50 Bills of Sale (Ireland) Act 1879 Section 17 Delete “Whoever wilfully makes or uses any false affidavit for the purposes of this Act shall be deemed guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury.”. 45 & 46 Vict. c. 51 Government Annuities Act 1882 Section 11 Delete subsection
(3). 51 & 52 Vict. c. 46 Oaths Act 1888 Section 1 Delete the words from “; and if any person making such affirmation” down to the end of that section. 52 & 53 Vict. c. 10 Commissioners For Oaths Act 1889 Section 7 Delete section. 55 & 56 Vict. c. 23 Foreign Marriage Act 1892 Section 15 Delete section. 56 & 57 Vict. c. 39 Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893 Section 61 In paragraph (c) to delete “; and any person knowingly making a false or fraudulent declaration in the matter shall be guilty of a misdemeanour”. 59 & 60 Vict. c. 25 Friendly Societies Act 1896 Section 87 In subsection
(2), delete “false or”. 62 & 63 Vict. c. 23 Anchors and Chain Cables Act 1899 Section 13 In subsection
(1), delete “or” at the end of paragraph (ii) and delete paragraph (iii). 6 Edw. 7 c. 40 Marriage With Foreigners Act 1906 Section 1 Delete subsection
(2). 7 Edw. 7 c. 24 Limited Partnerships Act 1907 Section 12 Delete section. 8 Edw. 7 c. 53 Law of Distress Amendment Act 1908 Section 1 Delete “and, if any under tenant, lodger, or other person aforesaid, shall make or subscribe such declaration and inventory knowing the same or either of them to be untrue in any material particular, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour”. 9 Edw. 7 c. 49 Assurance Companies Act 1909 Section 24 Substitute for section: “Penalty for falsifying statements etc. 24. If any account balance sheet, abstract, statement, or other document required by this Act is false in any particular to the knowledge of any person who signs it, that person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished as if he or she were guilty of an offence under section 6 of the Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act 2021.”. 9 & 10 Geo. 5 c. 51 Checkweighing in Various Industries Act 1919 Section 3 In subsection
(4)substitute “that person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished as if he or she were guilty of an offence under section 6 of the Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act 2021.” for “he shall be guilty of a misdemeanour and liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine, or to both such imprisonment and fine.”. No. 37 of 1938 Statutory Declarations Act 1938 Section 6 Substitute for section: “Penalty for false declaration
  1. Every person who makes a statutory declaration which to his or her knowledge is false in any material respect shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished as if he or she were guilty of an offence under section 6 of the Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act 2021.”. No. 16 of 1997 Bail Act 1997 Schedule Insert the following paragraph after paragraph 42: “Offences under the Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act 2021
  2. Any offence under the Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act 2021.”. Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais

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