2014 New York Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Title L - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Article 210 - (210.00 - 210.50) PERJURY AND RELATED OFFENSES
210.25 - Perjury; defense.

NY Penal L § 210.25 (2014) What's This?
210.25 Perjury; defense.

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


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