2022 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 51. Officers
§51-36.5. False oath or affirmation.
Every public officer or employee who, in taking and subscribing to the oath or affirmation required by this act, states as true any material matter which he knows to be false, shall be guilty of the felony of perjury, and upon conviction be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than one (1) year nor more than fourteen (14) years, and in addition thereto, the person shall forfeit any public office or employment held by the person.
Added by Laws 1953, p. 217, § 5, emerg. eff. April 8, 1953. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 487, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 352, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 487 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
