The oath or affirmation required by the provisions of this chapter or chapter 37 of this title as to any report or written statement shall not be required if the report or statement to be sworn to contains or is verified by a written declaration that it is made under the penalties of perjury. Whoever signs or issues the report or statement containing or verified by the written declaration shall, if the report or statement is willfully false, be guilty of perjury.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-36-8
Declarations under penalty of perjury
G.L. 1938, ch. 45, § 4; P.L. 1939, ch. 745, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-36-8.
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