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2022 Colorado Code
Title 18 - Criminal Code
Article 8 - Offenses - Governmental Operations
Part 5 - Perjury and Related Offenses
§ 18-8-509. Perjury and False Swearing - Irregularities No Defense
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CO Rev Stat § 18-8-509 (2022)
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- It is no defense to a prosecution under sections 18-8-502 to 18-8-504 that:
- The defendant was not competent, for reasons other than mental disability or immaturity, to make the false statement alleged;
- The statement was inadmissible under the law of evidence;
- The oath was administered or taken in an irregular manner; or
- The person administering the oath lacked authority to do so, if the taking of the oath was required by law.
Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 464, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-8-509.
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