§ 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 .