Georgia § 16-11-14 - False swearing in written statement.

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§ 16-11-14. False swearing in written statement.

Every written statement made pursuant to this part by an applicant for appointment or employment or by any employee shall be deemed to have been made under oath if it contains a declaration preceding the signature of the maker to the effect that it is made under the penalties of false swearing. Any person who makes a material misstatement of fact in any such written statement, in any affidavit made pursuant to this part, under oath in any hearing conducted by any agency of this state or of any of its political subdivisions pursuant to this part, or in any written statement by an applicant for appointment or employment or by an employee in any state-aided or private institution of learning in this state intended to determine whether or not such applicant or employee is a subversive person, which statement contains notice that it is subject to the penalties of false swearing, shall be subject to the penalties of false swearing as prescribed in Code Section 16-10-71. Nothing contained in subsection (a) of this Code section shall be construed to repeal in any way the laws of this state dealing with perjury and false swearing. (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 73, § 9; Ga. L. 1974, p. 411, § 2.)

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