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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I am proposing that section 8 be deleted. Section 8 provides for an offence of making a false declaration or representation in obtaining registration for a professional calling. An extensive review of the regulated professions in the State was undertaken by my officials and it became apparent that those professions which maintain a statutory register for entry to the profession already...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 20: In page 10, lines 14 and 15, to delete “an offence against this Act” and substitute “an offence under this Act”. This is a technical amendment to adjust slightly the wording used in section 9 to the more usual formulation used in primary legislation.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: 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...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 22: In page 11, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “Liability of directors and officers of corporate bodies 14. (1) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate and the offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any wilful neglect of, a person who, when the offence...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 23: In page 11, lines 12 to 14, to delete all words from and including “ (1) Proceedings” in line 12 down to and including line 14 and substitute the following: “(1) No proceedings for an offence under this Act, or for an offence of perjury or subornation of perjury under any other enactment or law, shall be brought except by, or with the consent...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 24: In page 11, line 16, to delete “offence under this section” and substitute the following: “offence under this Act or an offence of perjury or subornation of perjury under any other enactment or law”. This amendment amends the reference to summary proceedings in section 14(2) of the Bill so that it reads "summary proceedings in...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 25: In page 11, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “(1) Where the making of a false statement is— (a) an offence under section 5 or 6 of this Act, and (b) an offence that is punishable on summary conviction only under another enactment that came into operation before the coming into operation of this Act, a person shall be liable to be...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 26: In page 11, to delete lines 31 to 39, and in page 12, to delete line 1.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 27: In page 12, line 8, to delete “Perjury and Related Offences Act 2019” and substitute “Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act 2021”. Amendment No. 27 amends the short title of the Bill in accordance with the usual formulation used for Government Bills, which provides for criminal offences by renaming it the Criminal Justice...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 28: In page 12, line 20, to delete “Minister” and substitute “Minister for Justice”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 29: In page 13, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following: “SCHEDULE 1 Section 4(1) 1. Foreign Tribunals Evidence Act 1856, section 3 2. Public Works Loans Act 1875, section 44 3. General Prisons (Ireland) Act 1877, section 11 4. Dundalk Harbour and Port Act 1925, section 73(8) 5. Arterial Drainage Act...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 30: In page 16, to delete lines 24 and 25.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 31: In page 20, to delete lines 11 to 22 and substitute the following: “ 9 Edw. 7 c. 49 Assurance Companies Act 1909 Section 24 Substitute for section: “Penalty for falsifying statements etc. 24.If any account balance sheet, abstract, statement, or other document required by this Act is false in any particular to...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 32: In page 20, to delete lines 23 to 35 and substitute the following: " 9 & 10 Geo. 5 c. 51 Checkweighing in Various Industries Act 1919 Section 3 In subsection (4) substitute “that person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished as if he or she were guilty of an offence...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 33: In page 20, to delete lines 36 to 45 and substitute the following: " No. 37 of 1938 Statutory Declarations Act 1938 Section 6 Substitute for section: “Penalty for false declaration 6. Every person who makes a statutory declaration which to his or her knowledge is false in any material respect shall be guilty of an...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 34: In page 21, to delete lines 1 to 11.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 35: In page 21, after line 11, to insert the following: " No. 16 of 1997 Bail Act 1997 Schedule Insert the following paragraph after paragraph 42: “Offences under the Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act 2021 43. Any offence under the Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act 2021.”. "

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 36: In page 7, to delete lines 5 and 6 and substitute the following: “An Act to provide for offences relating to perjury, subornation of perjury, the making of certain false statements, the fabrication of evidence and other related matters; for those purposes to amend certain enactments; and to provide for related matters.”. This amendment arises on...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Message to Dáil (11 May 2021)

James Browne: I again thank the committee for helping the passage of this very important Bill. I would like to be associated with the Chairman's comments about former Senator Pádraig Ó Céidigh and his team, who brought this Bill to the Seanad in the first place and helped bring this about. Perjury is an offence but is very rarely prosecuted. Putting perjury on the Statute Book will help...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (27 Jul 2021)

James Browne: Georgia is designated a safe country of origin under the International Protection Act 2015 (Safe Country of Origin) Order 2018.  Under Section 72 of the International Protection Act 2015, a country may only be designated as a safe country of origin where satisfied that, on the basis of the legal situation, the application of the law within a democratic system and the general...