Perjury and false swearing - irregularities no defense.

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(1) It is no defense to a prosecution under sections 18-8-502 to 18-8-504 that:

  1. The defendant was not competent, for reasons other than mental disability or immaturity, to make the false statement alleged;

  2. The statement was inadmissible under the law of evidence;

  3. The oath was administered or taken in an irregular manner; or

  4. The person administering the oath lacked authority to do so, if the taking of the oathwas required by law.

Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 464, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-8-509.


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