Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 11 May 2021

Select Committee on Justice and Equality

Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage

Photo of James BrowneJames Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 21:

In page 10, to delete line 27 and substitute the following: “(b) for subornation of perjury in respect of perjury alleged to have been committed on any such trial,”.

This is a technical amendment to section 11 to bring the section in line with the other provisions of the Bill. Given the definition of "subornation of perjury" in section 3 which includes the act of procuring another person to commit perjury, it is not necessary to refer to procuring in this section in addition to, and in conjunction with, referring to subornation of perjury in paragraph (b) as it may unnecessarily confuse matters.

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