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Del. Code tit. 11, § 1231

Retraction of false statement as affirmative defense

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In any prosecution for perjury, it is an affirmative defense that the accused retracted the false statement in the course of the proceeding in which it was made, before the false statement substantially affected the proceeding and before it became manifest that its falsity was or would be exposed.

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