Every person who, having taken an oath that he will testify, declare or depose before the Commission, in any proceeding, or at any hearing before said Commission, authorized and provided for under the provisions of this act, shall willfully and contrary to such oath state any material matter which he knows to be false, is guilty of the felony of perjury, and upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not more than five (5) years.
Added by Laws 1933, c. 131, p. 291, § 25, emerg. eff. April 10, 1933. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 490, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 355, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 490 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.