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Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971

Offences - Offences relating to judicial proceedings, etc

71: False evidence

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"Lying under oath in a military court can lead to prison time"

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You can commit an offence if you are a witness or interpreter in a military tribunal or court of inquiry and you make a statement that you know is false. If you do this, you could go to prison for up to 2 years. You cannot be found guilty based on what only one witness says about the statement being false.

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Offences relating to judicial proceedings, etc

71False evidence

  1. Every person subject to this Act commits an offence, and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, who, having been sworn as a witness or as an interpreter in proceedings before a military tribunal or a court of inquiry, makes a statement in those proceedings which he knows to be false.

  2. A person shall not be liable to be convicted of an offence against this section on the evidence of only 1 witness as to the falsity of any statement alleged to be false.

Notes
  • Section 71(1): amended, on , by section 18 of the Armed Forces Discipline Amendment Act (No 2) 2007 (2007 No 98).