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      Sec. 53a-156. Perjury: Class D felony. (a) A person is guilty of perjury if, in any official proceeding, he intentionally, under oath, makes a false statement, swears, affirms or testifies falsely, to a material statement which he does not believe to be true.

      (b) Perjury is a class D felony.

      (1969, P.A. 828, S. 158.)

      Cited. 175 C. 279. Cited. 189 C. 92. Cited. 200 C. 243. One-witness-plus-corroboration rule discussed. 204 C. 472.

      Cited. 4 CA 359. Cited. 5 CA 552. Cited. 17 CA 395.

      Subsec. (a):

      Cited. 193 C. 474.

      Cited. 10 CA 605.

      Subsec. (b):

      Cited. 9 CA 686.