James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Amendments Nos. 10 to 19, inclusive, are in group 3. The group of amendments relates to sections 5 and 6.

Amendments Nos. 10 and 11 are technical amendments to the wording of this section on the advice of the Office of Parliamentary Counsel. Amendments No. 13 is a technical amendment to section 5(2), rewording the subsection so that it reads more clearly. Amendments Nos. 14 and 15 are technical amendments to the wording, made on the advice of the Office of Parliamentary Counsel. Amendment No. 16 is a technical amendment which deletes the reference to "material in those proceedings" in section 6(1) regarding a person making a false statutory declaration or otherwise false statement without oath. Amendment No. 17 extends the ambit of potential offences in this section of the Bill to include false statements of truth made in place of a statutory declaration. Amendments Nos. 18 and 19 extend the scope of the application of the offences in section 6(1)(b) and 6(1)(c) regarding the making of a false statement and declaration so that they may apply to enactments rather than only Acts and therefore cover false statements and declarations made under secondary legislation as well as primary legislation.