Title 14 — Crimes
77 chapters · 525 sections in this title.
14 V.I.C. § 1541 Perjury defined
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(1) Whoever, in or in connection with, any action, proceeding, hearing or inquiry or on any occasion when an oath may be lawfully administered—(1) swears or affirms—(A) that he will truly testify, declare, depose or certify; or(B) that any testimony, declaration, deposition, cert…
14 V.I.C. § 1542 Immunity of witness from criminal prosecution as bar to prosecution for perjury
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Any section of this Code which declares that evidence obtained upon the examination of a person as a witness cannot be received against him in any criminal proceeding, shall not be construed as preventing such evidence from being proved against him in any proceeding based on a ch…
14 V.I.C. § 1543 Irregularly administered oath as defense
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It is no defense to a prosecution for perjury that the oath was administered or taken in an irregular manner.
14 V.I.C. § 1544 Immateriality of false statement as defense
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It is no defense to a prosecution for perjury that the accused did not know the materiality of the false statement made by him, or that it did not in fact affect the proceeding in or for which it was made. It is sufficient that it was material and might have been used to affect s…
14 V.I.C. § 1545 Incompetence of accused as defense
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It is no defense to a prosecution for perjury that the accused was not competent to give the testimony, deposition or certificate of which falsehood is alleged. It is sufficient that he did give such testimony or make such deposition or certificate.
14 V.I.C. § 1546 Depositions as complete
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The making of a deposition or certificate is deemed to be complete, for purposes of this chapter, from the time it is delivered by the accused to any other person with the intent that it be uttered or published as true.
14 V.I.C. § 1547 Unqualified statements without knowledge of facts
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An unqualified statement of that which one does not know to be true is equivalent to a statement of that which one knows to be false.
14 V.I.C. § 1548 Subornation of perjury
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Whoever willfully procures or induces another to commit perjury, shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years.
14 V.I.C. § 1549 Perjury resulting in conviction of innocent person
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Whoever, by willful perjury or subornation of perjury, procures the conviction and punishment of any innocent person, is punishable by the same penalty that was inflicted upon such innocent person; but in no case shall the punishment be less than one year imprisonment.