Regnal year and number or year and number

(1)

Short title

(2)

Provision

(3)

Amendment

(4)

32 Hen. 8 c. 9

Maintenance and Embracery Act 1540

Section 3

Delete “or surborne any witnes by letters, rewaredis, promises, or by any other sinister labour or meanes,” and delete “or to the procurement or occasion of any manner of perjury by false verdict or otherwise”.

10 Chas. 1 Sess 3, c. 15 (Ir.)

Maintenance and Embracery Act 1634

Section 3

Delete “or surborne any witness by letters, rewards, promises, or by any other sinister labour or means,” and delete “or to the procurement or occasion of any manner of perjury by false verdict or otherwise”.

42 Geo. 3, c. 85

Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1802

Section 5

Delete section.

53 Geo. 3, c. 107

Endowed Schools (Ireland) Act 1813

Section 30

Delete section.

54 Geo. 3, c. 157

Evidence (Ireland) Act 1815

Section 9

Delete section.

56 Geo. 3, c. 56

Probate Duty (Ireland) Act 1816

Section 131

Delete the words from “and if any person or persons making any such affidavit” down to the end of that section.

1 & 2 Geo. 4 c. 53

Common Law Procedure (Ireland) Act 1821

Section 70

Delete section.

1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 33

Public Works (Ireland) Act 1831

Section 93

Delete section.

3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 49

Quakers and Moravians Act 1833

Section 1

Delete the words from “and if any such person” down to “notwithstanding”.

5 & 6 Will. 4 c.52

Statutory Declarations Act 1835

Section 5

Section 21

Delete section.

Delete section.

1 & 2 Vict. c. 77

Quakers and Moravians Act 1838

Section 1

Delete the words from “and if any such person making such solemn affirmation or declaration” down to “every such offender shall be subject”.

1 & 2 Vict. c. 105

Oaths Act 1838

Section 1

Delete “either” and “or a witness, or a deponent” and delete the words from “; and every such person in case of wilful false swearing” down to the end of that section.

3 & 4 Vict. c. 97

Railway Regulation Act 1840

Section 4

Delete section.

8 & 9 Vict. c. 18

Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845

Section 149

Substitute “the provisions of the special Act” for “the provisions of this or the special Act”.

8 & 9 Vict. c. 20

Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845

Section 160

Substitute “the provisions of the special Act” for “the provisions of this or the special Act”.

8 & 9 Vict. c. 115

Chancery Taxing Master (Ireland) Act 1845

Section 5

Delete section.

10 & 11 Vict. c. 14

Markets and Fairs Clauses Act 1847

Section 57

Substitute “the provisions of the special Act” for “the provisions of this or the special Act”.

10 & 11 Vict. c. 15

Gasworks Clauses Act 1847

Section 44

Substitute “the provisions of the special Act” for “the provisions of this or the special Act”.

10 & 11 Vict. c. 27

Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act 1847

Section 96

Substitute “the provisions of the special Act” for “the provisions of this or the special Act”.

10 & 11 Vict. c. 65

Cemeteries Clauses Act 1847

Section 65

Substitute “the provisions of the special Act” for “the provisions of this or the special Act”.

10 & 11 Vict. c. 89

Town Police Clauses Act 1847

Section 76

Substitute “the provisions of the special Act” for “the provisions of this or the special Act”.

13 & 14 Vict. c. 26

Piracy Act 1850

Section 6

Delete section.

14 & 15 Vict. c. 57

Civil Bill Courts (Ireland) Act 1851

Section 157

Delete section.

14 & 15 Vict. c. 100

Criminal Procedure Act 1851

Sections 19 to 22

Delete sections.

16 & 17 Vict. c. 45

Government Annuities Act 1853

Section 32

Delete section.

19 & 20 Vict. c. 113

Foreign Tribunals Evidence Act 1856

Section 3

Delete “; and if upon such oath or affirmation any person making the same wilfully and corruptly give any false evidence, every person so offending shall be deemed and taken to be guilty of perjury”.

19 & 20 Vict. c. 102

Common Law Procedure Amendment Act (Ireland) 1856

Section 92

Delete section.

21 & 22 Vict. c. 90

Medical Act 1858

Section 39

Delete section.

22 Vict. c. 20

Evidence By Commission Act 1859

Section 2

Delete section.

22 & 23 Vict. c. 17

Vexatious Indictments Act 1859

Section 1

Delete “Perjury,” where it first occurs, “Subornation of Perjury,” and “or (in the Case of an Indictment for Perjury) by the Direction of any Court, Judge, or public Functionary authorise by an Act of the Session holden in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter One hundred, to direct a Prosecution for Perjury.”.

31 & 32 Vict. c. 119

Regulation of Railways Act 1868

Section 8

Delete “Any person who, when so examined on oath, makes any false statement, knowing the same to be false, shall be guilty of perjury.”.

33 & 34 Vict. c. 110

Matrimonial Causes and Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act 1870

Section 25

Delete section.

34 & 35 Vict. c. 36

Pensions Commutation Act 1871

Section 9

Delete “shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and” and “, and to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour”.

34 & 35 Vict. c. 49

Matrimonial Causes and Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act 1871

Section 19

Delete section.

34 & 35 Vict. c. 78

Regulation of Railways Act 1871

Section 10

Delete section.

35 & 36 Vict. c. 75

Commissioners For Oaths (Ireland) Act 1872

Section 5

Delete “; and any person swearing falsely in any such affidavit shall be liable to the penalties of perjury, and may be indicted and tried for perjury in the same manner to all intents and purposes as he might be if such affidavit had been sworn in the county of the city of Dublin”.

42 & 43 Vict. c. 50

Bills of Sale (Ireland) Act 1879

Section 17

Delete “Whoever wilfully makes or uses any false affidavit for the purposes of this Act shall be deemed guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury.”.

45 & 46 Vict. c. 51

Government Annuities Act 1882

Section 11

Delete subsection (3).

51 & 52 Vict. c. 46

Oaths Act 1888

Section 1

Delete the words from “; and if any person making such affirmation” down to the end of that section.

52 & 53 Vict. c. 10

Commissioners For Oaths Act 1889

Section 7

Delete section.

55 & 56 Vict. c. 23

Foreign Marriage Act 1892

Section 15

Delete section.

56 & 57 Vict. c. 39

Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893

Section 61

In paragraph (c) to delete “; and any person knowingly making a false or fraudulent declaration in the matter shall be guilty of a misdemeanour”.

59 & 60 Vict. c. 25

Friendly Societies Act 1896

Section 87

In subsection (2), delete “false or”.

62 & 63 Vict. c. 23

Anchors and Chain Cables Act 1899

Section 13

In subsection (1), delete “or” at the end of paragraph (ii) and delete paragraph (iii).

6 Edw. 7 c. 40

Marriage With Foreigners Act 1906

Section 1

Delete subsection (2).

7 Edw. 7 c. 24

Limited Partnerships Act 1907

Section 12

Delete section.

8 Edw. 7 c. 53

Law of Distress Amendment Act 1908

Section 1

Delete “and, if any under tenant, lodger, or other person aforesaid, shall make or subscribe such declaration and inventory knowing the same or either of them to be untrue in any material particular, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour”.

9 Edw. 7 c. 49

Assurance Companies Act 1909

Section 24

Substitute for section:

“Penalty for falsifying

statements etc.

24. If any account balance

sheet, abstract,

statement, or other

document required by

this Act is false in any

particular to the

knowledge of any

person who signs it, that

person shall be guilty of

an offence and shall be

liable to be proceeded

against and punished as

if he or she were guilty

of an offence under

section 6 of the

Criminal Justice

(Perjury and Related

Offences) Act 2021.”.

9 & 10 Geo. 5 c. 51

Checkweighing in Various Industries Act 1919

Section 3

In subsection (4) substitute

“that person shall be guilty of

an offence and shall be liable

to be proceeded against and

punished as if he or she were

guilty of an offence under

section 6 of the Criminal

Justice (Perjury and Related

Offences) Act 2021.” for “he

shall be guilty of a

misdemeanour and liable to

imprisonment, with or

without hard labour, for a

term not exceeding two

years, or to a fine, or to both

such imprisonment and

fine.”.

No. 37 of 1938

Statutory Declarations Act 1938

Section 6

Substitute for section:

“Penalty for false

declaration

6. Every person who

makes a statutory

declaration which to his

or her knowledge is

false in any material

respect shall be guilty of

an offence and shall be

liable to be proceeded

against and punished as

if he or she were guilty

of an offence under

section 6 of the

Criminal Justice

(Perjury and Related

Offences) Act 2021.”.

No. 16 of 1997

Bail Act 1997

Schedule

Insert the following paragraph after paragraph 42:

“ Offences under the Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act 2021

43. Any offence under the Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act 2021.”.