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Perjury.

  • 26-07-2018 10:16am
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    UrbanVixen
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    In Ireland, is perjury a criminal offence in that name or does it reside under some other title ?

    Is it a offence under statute or common law ? As far as I can see it seems to be a common law offence handed down from the Star Chamber ?


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  • #2
    ohnonotgmail
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    Perjury is currently a common law offence but the DOJ do want to introduce it as a statutory offence.


  • #3
    Peregrinus
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    UrbanVixen wrote: »
    In Ireland, is perjury a criminal offence in that name or does it reside under some other title ?

    Is it a offence under statute or common law ? As far as I can see it seems to be a common law offence handed down from the Star Chamber ?
    Perjury is a common law offence, as ohnonotgmail says, but it has nothing to do with Star Chamber (or, as we say in Ireland, Castle Chamber). I don't know where you got that idea. The whole point of the Court of Star Chamber is that it wasn't constrained by the common law.


  • #4
    UrbanVixen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34 ✭UrbanVixen


    Peregrinus wrote: »
    Perjury is a common law offence, as ohnonotgmail says, but it has nothing to do with Star Chamber (or, as we say in Ireland, Castle Chamber). I don't know where you got that idea. The whole point of the Court of Star Chamber is that it wasn't constrained by the common law.

    I would have to dig it out but I seem to recall it somewhere in Smith & Hogan on Criminal Law...


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