The Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 No. 2789 (NI. 8)

PART V COMPETENCE OF WITNESSES AND CAPACITY TO BE SWORN

Giving of sworn or unsworn evidence

Penalty for giving false unsworn evidence

35.—(1) This Article applies where a person gives unsworn evidence in criminal proceedings in pursuance of Article 34(2) or (3).

(2) If such a person wilfully gives false evidence in such circumstances that, had the evidence been given on oath, he would have been guilty of perjury, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to—

(a) imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or

(b) a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale,

or both.

(3) In relation to a person under the age of 14, paragraph (2) shall have effect as if for the words following “on summary conviction” there were substituted “to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale”.