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5-53-105. Perjury or false swearing — Oath.
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5-53-105. Perjury or false swearing — Oath.
It is no defense to a prosecution under §§ 5-53-102 and 5-53-103 that:
(1) The oath was administered or taken in an irregular manner; or
(2) The person administering the oath lacked authority to administer the oath if the taking of the oath was required by law.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-53-105
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5-53-105. Perjury or false swearing — Oath.
It is no defense to a prosecution under §§ 5-53-102 and 5-53-103 that:
(1) The oath was administered or taken in an irregular manner; or
(2) The person administering the oath lacked authority to administer the oath if the taking of the oath was required by law.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
5-53-102. Perjury generally.
(a) A person commits perjury if in an official proceeding he or she knowingly:
(1) Makes a false material statement under an oath required or authorized by law;
(2) Applies for or submits an absentee ballot for a city, school district, county, state, or federal election knowing that he or she is unlawfully applying for or unlawfully submitting the absentee ballot; or
(3) Makes a false unsworn declaration under the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act, § 16-2-201 et seq.
(b) Lack of knowledge of the materiality of the statement is not a defense to a charge of perjury under this section.
(c) Perjury is a Class C felony.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-53-102
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 5-53-102. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
5-53-103. False swearing generally.
(a) A person commits false swearing if other than in an official proceeding he or she makes a false material statement, knowing it to be false, under an oath required or authorized by law or in an unsworn declaration under the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act, § 16-2-201 et seq.
(b) Lack of knowledge of the materiality of the statement is not a defense to a charge of false swearing.
(c) False swearing is a Class A misdemeanor.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-53-103
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 5-53-103. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.