It is no defense to a prosecution for perjury that the oath was administered or taken in an irregular manner, or that the person accused of perjury did not go before, or was not in the presence of, the officer purporting to administer the oath, if such accused caused or procured such officer to certify that the oath had been taken or administered.
Cal. Penal Code § 121
Perjury and Subornation of Perjury
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case 41 Cal. 2d 419 - Peters v. City & County of San Francisco (1953)
Most recently applied in 151 Cal. App. 3d 559 - People v. Carreon (January 1984)
Amended by Stats. 1905, Ch. 485.
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