Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980

Offences E+W

106 False written statements tendered in evidence. E+W

(1) If any person in a written statement [F1 admitted] in evidence in criminal proceedings by virtue of [F1 section 5B] above wilfully makes a statement material in those proceedings which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true, he shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine or both.

(2) The M1 Perjury Act 1911 shall have effect as if this section were contained in that Act.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 106(1) substituted (4.7.1996 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 39 of the substituting Act) by 1996 c. 25, s. 47, Sch. 1 Pt. I para.12 (with s. 78(1)); S.I. 1997/683, art. 1(2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 106 extended (4.7.1996) by 1972 c. 71, s. 46(1A) (as inserted (4.7.1996 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 39 of the inserting Act) by 1996 c. 25, s. 47, Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 22(3) (with s. 78(1)); S.I. 1997/683, art. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M1 1911 c. 6.

107 False statements in declaration proving service, etc. E+W

If, in any solemn declaration, certificate or other writing made or given for the purpose of its being used in pursuance of [F2 rules of court] as evidence of the service of any document or the handwriting or seal of any person, a person makes a statement that he knows to be false in a material particular, or recklessly makes any statement that is false in a material particular, he shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding [F3 level 3 on the standard scale] or both.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in s. 107 substituted (1.9.2004) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 109(1), 110, Sch. 8 para. 233; S.I. 2004/2066, art. 2(c)(xi) (subject to art. 3)

F3 Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46