Point in time view as at 23/02/2004.
Perjury Act 1911, Section 14 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
On a prosecution—
(a)for perjury alleged to have been committed on the trial of an indictment for . . . F1 misdemeanour; or
(b)for procuring or suborning the commission of perjury on any such trial,
the fact of the former trial shall be sufficiently proved by the production of a certificate containing the substance and effect (omitting the formal parts) of the indictment and trial purporting to be signed by the clerk of the court, or other person having the custody of the records of the court where the indictment was tried, or by the deputy of that clerk or other person, without proof of the signature or official character of the clerk or person appearing to have signed the certificate.
Textual Amendments
F1Words omitted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), s. 1(2)
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