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of belief however false it were known that no conviction
of Perjury could take place; the administering
of an Oath in such case would, in as far as the
legit penal sanction thereof is concerned, be of no effect, and
the proceedings thereon grounded would in so far
be grounded on a base assertion without oath,
and the admission of such testimony would be an
encouragement to falshood and afford a sure and
secure means of perpetrating injustice Be it
enacted that in every proceeding under this Act
any such degree declaration of belief as or ignorance or inability to recollect as any person either
by in how the way of affidavit or on examination vivâ voce shall
have expressed exhibited shall be received in evidence, and
the declaration thereof having been
in case the same being upon oath such person
may in case of as if like manner
as if the same instead of an expression of belief in case of a false declaration of certain knowledge or remembrance
had been an expression of knowledge be convicted
of perjury in respect of the same.
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