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and/or
iii.
Attempts to mislead
a Contractor General or any other person in the execution of their functions
under the CGA.
Section 4 of the Perjury Act provides that:
(1)
Every person who, being lawfully sworn as a witness
or as an interpreter in a judicial proceeding,
willfully makes
a statement material in that proceeding
,
which he knows to
be false or does not believe to be true, shall be guilty of the
misdemeanour of perjury
, and on conviction on indictment
thereof liable to imprisonment with hard labour for any term
not exceeding seven years, or to a fine, or to both such
imprisonment and fine.
Section 11 (1) of the Perjury Act further provides that,
“
Where two or more
inconsistent or contradictory
statements of fact or alleged fact, material to the issue or
matter in question, have been willfully made on oath by one
and the same witness in any judicial proceeding, whether
before the same Court or tribunal or person or not, such
witness shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and on conviction
on indictment thereof liable to imprisonment with hard
labour for any term not exceeding seven years, or to both
such imprisonment and fine.”