2006 Code of Virginia § 18.2-436 - Inducing another to give false testimony; sufficiency of evidence

18.2-436. Inducing another to give false testimony; sufficiency of evidence.

If any person procure or induce another to commit perjury or to give falsetestimony under oath in violation of any provision of this article, he shallbe punished as prescribed in 18.2-434.

In any prosecution under this section, it shall be sufficient to prove thatthe person alleged to have given false testimony shall have been procured,induced, counselled or advised to give such testimony by the party charged.

(Code 1950, 18.1-277; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.)

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