2022 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 53a - Penal Code
Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses
Section 53a-156. - Perjury: Class D felony.
(a) A person is guilty of perjury if, in any official proceeding, such person intentionally, under oath or in an unsworn declaration under sections 1-65aa to 1-65hh, inclusive, makes a false statement, swears, affirms or testifies falsely, to a material statement which such person does not believe to be true.
(b) In any prosecution for an offense under this section, it shall be an affirmative defense that the actor was coerced into committing such offense by another person in violation of section 53a-192.
(c) Perjury is a class D felony.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 158; P.A. 10-33, S. 9; 10-180, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 10-33 added reference to an unsworn declaration under Secs. 1-65aa to 1-65hh; P.A. 10-180 amended Subsec. (a) to make technical changes, added new Subsec. (b) re affirmative defense of coercion and redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c), effective June 8, 2010.
Cited. 175 C. 279; 189 C. 92; 193 C. 474; 200 C. 243. One-witness-plus-corroboration rule discussed. 204 C. 472.
Cited. 4 CA 359; 5 CA 552; 9 CA 686; 10 CA 605; 17 CA 395.
