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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 4: In page 7, to delete lines 19 to 23.

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 5: In page 7, to delete line 26 and substitute the following: “ “subornation of perjury” shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed in accordance with section 3(1);”

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 6: In page 7, after line 28, to insert the following: “(1) Section 21(3) of the Act of 2020 shall not apply in respect of any reference in this Act to an affidavit or a statutory declaration.”.

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 7: In page 8, lines 2 to 22, to delete all words from and including “(1)If” in line 2 down to and including line 22 and substitute the following: “(1) A person commits an offence (in this Act referred to as perjury) if he or she, in, or for the purpose of, a judicial or other proceeding, gives a statement material in the proceeding— (a)...

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 8: In page 8, lines 26 to 31, to delete all words from and including “(1) Without” in line 26 down to and including line 31 and substitute the following: “(1) A person commits an offence (in this Act referred to as subornation of perjury) if he or she procures, persuades, induces or otherwise causes another person to commit perjury, knowing or...

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 9: In page 8, to delete lines 35 to 38, and in page 9, to delete lines 1 to 6 and substitute the following: “(1) Where, on or after the coming into operation of this subsection, a person commits an offence referred to as perjury, howsoever described, in an enactment specified in Schedule 1, he or she shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished as if he...

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 10: In page 9, line 10, to delete “dishonestly” where it firstly occurs. Amendments Nos. 10 and 11 are technical amendments to the wording of this section on the advice of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. It is not necessary to use the adverb" dishonestly" for the purposes of this section. The view taken is that its inclusion serves no useful...

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 11: In page 9, line 10, to delete “dishonestly” where it secondly occurs.

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 12: In page 9, line 11, to delete “material in those proceedings” and substitute “material for that purpose”.

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 13: In page 9, to delete lines 15 to 17 and substitute the following: “(2) A person who gives or causes to be given, or adduces or causes to be adduced, an affidavit for the purposes of the Bills of Sale (Ireland) Acts 1879 and 1883 that— (a) is false in any material aspect, and (b) he or she knows to be false, commits 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. 14: In page 9, line 19, to delete “dishonestly”.

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 15: In page 9, line 20, to delete “dishonestly”.

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 16: In page 9, line 21, to delete “material in those proceedings”.

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 17 In page 9, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “(b) a statement of truth made in place of a statutory declaration in accordance with section 21 of the Act of 2020,”.

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 18: In page 9, line 26, to delete “relevant Act” and substitute “enactment”.

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

James Browne: I move amendment No. 19: In page 9, line 28, to delete “relevant Act” and substitute “enactment”.

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...