H. B. 2450

(By Delegates Ashley, Trump and Greear)
[Introduced February 10, 1995; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]




A BILL to amend and reenact section one, article five, chapter

sixty-one of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to the crime of perjury; creating a felony offense of perjury for a witness to wilfully testify before a grand jury considering a felony presentment.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section one, article five, chapter sixty-one of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 5. CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE.

§61-5-1. Perjury and subordination of perjury defined.

To wilfully testify falsely, under an oath or affirmation lawfully administered, in a trial of the witness or any other person for a felony or as a witness before a properly convened grand jury considering a felony presentment pursuant to the provisions of article two, chapter fifty-two of this code, concerning a material matter or thing, is perjury and is a felony; to induce or procure another person so to do is subordination of perjury and is a felony.





NOTE: This bill creates the crime of perjury; creating a felony offense of perjury for a witness to wilfully testify falsely before a grand jury considering a felony presentment.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.