{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/perjury-act-1911/section-1A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/perjury-act-1911/section-1A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/1-2/6",
  "legislation_title": "Perjury Act 1911",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/perjury-act-1911",
  "path": "section/1A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1A",
  "heading": "False unsworn statement under Evidence (Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions) Act 1975.",
  "text": "If any person, in giving any testimony (either orally or in writing) otherwise than on oath, where required to do so by an order under section 2 of the Evidence (Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions) Act 1975, makes a statement—\n(a) which he knows to be false in a material particular, or\n(b) which is false in a material particular and which he does not believe to be true,\nhe shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1A inserted by Evidence (Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions) Act 1975 (c. 34), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/1-2/6/section/1A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:13:03.703020+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}