# Perjury Act 1911, Section 2: False statements on oath made otherwise than in a judicial proceeding.


If any person—
(1) being required or authorised by law to make any statement on oath for any purpose, and being lawfully sworn (otherwise than in a judicial proceeding) wilfully makes a statement which is material for that purpose and which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true; or
(2) wilfully uses any false affidavit for the purposes of the Bills of Sale Act 1878, as amended by any subsequent enactment,
he shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and, on conviction thereof on indictment, shall be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding seven years or to imprisonment, . . . for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine or to both such penal servitude or imprisonment and fine.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/1-2/6/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/perjury-act-1911/section-2
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.