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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72682</law_id><section_number>18.2-435</section_number><catch_line>Giving conflicting testimony on separate occasions as to same matter; indictment; sufficiency of evidence</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="10">Crimes Against the Administration of Justice</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Perjury</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It shall likewise constitute <span class="dictionary">perjury</span> for any person, with the <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to testify falsely, to knowingly give <span class="dictionary">testimony</span> under <span class="dictionary">oath</span> as to any <span class="dictionary">material</span> matter or thing and subsequently to give conflicting <span class="dictionary">testimony</span> under <span class="dictionary">oath</span> as to the same matter or thing. In any <span class="dictionary">indictment</span> for such <span class="dictionary">perjury</span>, it shall be sufficient to allege the <span class="dictionary">offense</span> by stating that the person charged therewith did, knowingly and with the <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to testify falsely, on one occasion give <span class="dictionary">testimony</span> upon a certain matter and, on a subsequent occasion, give different <span class="dictionary">testimony</span> upon the same matter. Upon the <span class="dictionary">trial</span> on such <span class="dictionary">indictment</span>, it shall be sufficient to prove that the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span>, knowingly and with the <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to testify falsely, gave such differing <span class="dictionary">testimony</span> and that the differing <span class="dictionary">testimony</span> was given on two separate occasions.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-276; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
