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Criminal Justice Act 1925

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28Summary proceedings for offence under s. 3, and amendments of ss. 3 and 4, of Perjury Act, 1911

(1)Section three of the [1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 6.] Perjury Act, 1911 (which relates to false statements as to marriages) shall have effect as though at the end of subsection (1) thereof there were inserted the words " and on summary conviction thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding " fifty pounds."

(2)A person convicted summarily of an offence under section four of the Perjury Act, 1911 (which relates to false statements as to births or deaths), shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds.

(3)Summary proceedings for an offence under the said section three or under the said section four may, notwithstanding any provision of the Summary Jurisdiction Acts, be instituted at any time within twelve months after the commission of the offence.

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