H.P. 544 - L.D. 765
An Act to Make Materiality a Jury Issue Relative to the Crime of Perjury
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §451, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1975, c. 499, §1, is amended to read:
2. Whether a statement is material is a question of law to be determined by the court. In a prosecution under subsection 1, paragraph B, it need not be alleged or proved which of the statements is false but only that one or the other was false and not believed by the defendant person to be true.
Effective September 18, 1999, unless otherwise indicated.
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