OATHS ACT 1900 - SECT 25 False declaration
OATHS ACT 1900 - SECT 25
False declaration25 False declaration
In all cases where by this Part, or under the authority thereof, or by virtue of any power or authority hereby given, a declaration--
(a) is substituted in lieu of an oath or affidavit, or
(b) is directed or authorised to be made and subscribed, although not substituted in lieu of an oath or affidavit,any person who wilfully and corruptly makes and subscribes any such declaration, knowing the same to be untrue in any material particular, shall be guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for 5 years.