Perjury charge, corroboration not required
35 Perjury charge, corroboration not required
Notwithstanding any rule of law to the contrary, a person may be convicted of committing perjury or of counselling or procuring the commission of perjury upon the uncorroborated evidence of one witness.
[(2) deleted]
[Section 35 inserted: No. 70 of 1988 s. 37; amended: No. 36 of 1992 s. 4.]
36. Perjury charge, proof of trial etc.
On the trial of a person charged with an offence of which the giving of false testimony by any person at the trial of a person charged with an offence is an element, a certificate setting out the substance and effect only, without the formal parts, of the indictment or prosecution notice, and the proceedings at the trial, and purporting to be signed by the officer having the custody of the records of the court where the indictment or prosecution notice was tried, or by his deputy, shall be sufficient evidence of the trial, without proof of the signature or official character of the person who appears to have signed the certificate.
[Section 36 amended: No. 84 of 2004 s. 80.]
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