If any clerk or judge of the court of general sessions knowingly omits to charge in such clerk's or judge's account any sum of money for which, by law, such clerk or judge is liable to account, and swear to the statement, knowing it to be incorrect, and produce such false account to the county mayor for settlement, such clerk or judge commits perjury.
Code 1858, § 512 (deriv. Acts 1807, ch. 66, § 2); Shan., § 1020; mod. Code 1932, § 1749; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 16, 36; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 9-211; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2.
Compiler's Notes. Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2, directed the code commission to change all references from “county executive” to “county mayor” and to include all such changes in supplements and replacement volumes for the Tennessee Code Annotated.
Cross-References. Perjury, §39-16-702.