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Perjury Act 1911

By section 1(1) of the Perjury Act 1911, perjury is committed when:-

• a lawfully sworn witness or interpreter
• in judicial proceedings
• wilfully makes a false statement
• which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true, and
• which is material in the proceedings.

The offence is triable only on indictment and carries a maximum penalty of seven years' imprisonment and/or a fine.

A conviction cannot be obtained solely on the evidence of a single witness as to the falsity of any statement. There must, by virtue of section 13 Perjury Act 1911 be corroboration