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title: O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1131. Perjury.
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# O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1131. Perjury.

Any person subject to this article is guilty of perjury and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct who in a judicial proceeding or in a course of justice willfully and corruptly:

(1) Upon a lawful oath or in any form allowed by law to be substituted for an oath, gives any false testimony material to the issue or matter of inquiry; or

(2) In any declaration, certificate, verification, or statement under penalty of perjury, subscribes any false statement material to the issue or matter of inquiry.

## History

Code 1981, § 38-2-1131, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 753, § 1/HB 98.

## Cross References

Statute of limitations, § 38-2-437.

## U.s. Code.

For similar provision in Uniform Code of Military Justice, see 10 U.S.C. § 931.