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Originally Posted by Glenn.
Babes it’s not that serious
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Perjury charges are those received for the conviction of a perjury criminal offence. The law on perjury is found in the Perjury Act 1911 which explains that perjury is when you have lawfully sworn as a witness or interpreter in a judicial proceeding when you knew the oath to be false, or at least did not believe it to be true. This is also known as Perverting the Course of Justice. For the offence to qualify as perjury, it must:
Be made under oath; and
You must make the statement with the intent of misleading the court. If your statements are inconsistent because you are lying under oath, the prosecution can accuse you of perjury without identifying which statement is false.
What happens if you commit perjury?
The punishment for perjury in the UK may include having to spend time in prison, probation, or paying fines to the court. It can also interfere with their ability to obtain employment or security clearance, as they will be convicted of a crime of dishonesty. The consequences for perjury are very serious as this is wasting police time. It is triable on indictment and the charge is imprisonment of a term not exceeding 7 years, or a fine or both.
http://bloomsbury-law.com/criminal-defence/perjury-uk/
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Seems pretty serious to me