§ 31. Libel.] No indictment or information for libel shall be invalid or insufficient for the reason that it does not set forth extrinsic facts for the purpose of showing the application to the party alleged to be libelled of the defamatory matter on which the indictment is founded.
§ 32. Perjury and Kindred Offenses.] No indictment or information for perjury, or for subornation of, solicitation of, conspiracy or attempt to commit perjury shall be invalid or insufficient for the reason that it does not set forth any part of the records or proceedings with which the oath was connected, or the commission or authority of the court or other official before whom the perjury was committed or was to have been committed, or the form of the oath or affirmation, or the manner of administering the same.
§ 33. Offenses Divided into Degrees.] In an indictment or information for an offense which is divided into degrees it is sufficient to charge that the defendant committed the offense without specifying the degree.
§ 34. Parties to Offenses.] Every person concerned in the commission of an offense, whether he directly commits the offense or procures, counsels, aids, or abets in its commission, may be indicted or informed against as principal.
§ 35. Repugnancy.] No indictment or information that charges an offense in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 shall be invalid or insufficient because of any repugnant allegation contained therein.
§ 36. Surplusage.] Any allegation unnecessary under exist- ing law or under the provisions of this chapter may, if contained in an indictment, information or bill of particulars, be disregard- ed, as surplusage.
§ 37. Defects, Variances and Amendment.] (1) No indictment or information that charges an offense in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 shall be invalid or insufficient because of any defect or imperfection in, or omission of, any matter of form only, or because of any miswriting, misspelling or improper English, or because of the use of sign, symbol, figure or abbreviation, or because of any similar defect, imperfection or omission. The court may at any time cause the indictment, information or bill of particulars to be amended in respect to any such defect, imperfection or omission.
(2) No variance between those allegations of an indictment, information or bill of particulars, which state the particulars of the offense, whether amended or not, and the evidence offered in support thereof shall be ground for the acquittal of the defendant. The court may at any time cause the indictment, information
