Section 114:
consolidated text (as at 2011, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
114. Sureties may be examined on oath
(1) Where a person is offered as surety for the appearance before any
Court of a person arrested or charged with, or committed for trial for, an offence, such surety may be examined on oath or may be required to make an
affidavit touching his means.
(2) Any person who, on being examined or making affidavit before any
clerk or Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent of Police or Magistrate
or Judge, knowingly makes any false statement, shall commit an offence
and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
2 years.
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- Can I be prosecuted if I lie on oath while acting as a surety for someone's bail?