{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/perjury-northern-ireland-order-1979/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/perjury-northern-ireland-order-1979/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1979/1714",
  "legislation_title": "Perjury (Northern Ireland) Order 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/perjury-northern-ireland-order-1979",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "False written statements tendered in evidence in courts-martial",
  "text": "(1) Any person who in a written statement tendered in evidence in proceedings before a court-martial by virtue of section 9 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 1967 c.80 as extended by section 12 of that Act or by section 99A of the Army Act 1955 1955 c.18 (3&4 Eliz.2) or section 99A of the Air Force Act 1955 1955 c.19 (3&4 Eliz.2) wilfully makes a statement material in those proceedings which he knows to be false, or does not believe to be true, shall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine, or to both.\n(3) Paragraph (1) is without prejudice to Article 3, and applies whether the written statement is made in Northern Ireland or elsewhere.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1979/1714/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:40.660542+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."
}