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[1 & 2 Geo. 5.]
Perjury Act, 1911.
[Ch. 6.]

A.D. 1911.

(2) Nothing in this Act shall apply to a statement made without oath by a child under the provisions of the 4 Edw. 7. c. 15.
8 Edw. 7. c. 67.
Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act, 1904, and the Children Act, 1908.

(3) Where the making of a false statement is by any other Act, whether passed before or after the commencement of this Act, made punishable on summary conviction, proceedings may be taken either under such other Act or under this Act:

Provided that where such an offence is by any Act passed before the commencement of this Act, as originally enacted, made punishable only on summary conviction, it shall remain only so punishable.

Repeals. 17. The enactments specified in the schedule to this Act are hereby repealed, so far as they apply to England, to the extent specified in the third column of that schedule.

Extent. 18. This Act shall not extend to Scotland or Ireland.

Short title and commencement. 19. This Act may be cited as the Perjury Act, 1911, and shall come into operation on the first day of January nineteen and hundred and twelve.

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