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In any indictment for such perjury, it shall be sufficient to allege the offense by stating that the person charged therewith did, knowingly and with the intent to testify falsely, on one occasion give testimony upon a certain matter and, on a subsequent occasion, give different testimony upon the same matter. Upon the trial on such indictment, it shall be sufficient to prove that the defendant, knowingly and with the intent to testify falsely, gave such differing testimony and that the differing testimony was given on two separate occasions.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":261610,"text":"It shall likewise constitute perjury for any person, with the intent to testify falsely, to knowingly give testimony under oath as to any material matter or thing and subsequently to give conflicting testimony under oath as to the same matter or thing. In any indictment for such perjury, it shall be sufficient to allege the offense by stating that the person charged therewith did, knowingly and with the intent to testify falsely, on one occasion give testimony upon a certain matter and, on a subsequent occasion, give different testimony upon the same matter. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1960, chapter 358; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":164229,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72682,"identifier":"18.2-435","token":"18.2\/10\/1\/18.2-435","url":"\/18.2-435\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-435\/","token":"18.2\/10\/1\/18.2-435","dublin_core":{"Title":"Giving conflicting testimony on separate occasions as to same matter; indictment; sufficiency of evidence","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-435","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It shall likewise constitute perjury<\/span> for any person, with the intent<\/span> to testify falsely, to knowingly give testimony<\/span> under oath<\/span> as to any material<\/span> matter or thing and subsequently to give conflicting testimony<\/span> under oath<\/span> as to the same matter or thing. In any indictment<\/span> for such perjury<\/span>, it shall be sufficient to allege the offense<\/span> by stating that the person charged therewith did, knowingly and with the intent<\/span> to testify falsely, on one occasion give testimony<\/span> upon a certain matter and, on a subsequent occasion, give different testimony<\/span> upon the same matter. Upon the trial<\/span> on such indictment<\/span>, it shall be sufficient to prove that the defendant<\/span>, knowingly and with the intent<\/span> to testify falsely, gave such differing testimony<\/span> and that the differing testimony<\/span> was given on two separate occasions.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGIVING CONFLICTING TESTIMONY ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS AS TO SAME MATTER;\nINDICTMENT; SUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE (\u00a7 18.2-435)\n\nIt shall likewise constitute perjury for any person, with the intent to testify\nfalsely, to knowingly give testimony under oath as to any material matter or\nthing and subsequently to give conflicting testimony under oath as to the same\nmatter or thing. In any indictment for such perjury, it shall be sufficient to\nallege the offense by stating that the person charged therewith did, knowingly\nand with the intent to testify falsely, on one occasion give testimony upon a\ncertain matter and, on a subsequent occasion, give different testimony upon the\nsame matter. Upon the trial on such indictment, it shall be sufficient to prove\nthat the defendant, knowingly and with the intent to testify falsely, gave such\ndiffering testimony and that the differing testimony was given on two separate\noccasions.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-276; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}