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The Laws of New York
Consolidated Laws of New York
CHAPTER 40
Penal
PART 3
Specific Offenses
TITLE L
Offenses Against Public Administration
ARTICLE 210
Perjury and Related Offenses
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Perjury; defense
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SECTION 210.35
Making an apparently sworn false statement in the second degree
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SECTION 210.30
Perjury; no defense
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE L, ARTICLE 210
§ 210.30 Perjury; no defense.

It is no defense to a prosecution for perjury that:

1. The defendant was not competent to make the false statement
alleged; or

2. The defendant mistakenly believed the false statement to be
immaterial; or

3. The oath was administered or taken in an irregular manner or that
the authority or jurisdiction of the attesting officer who administered
the oath was defective, if such defect was excusable under any statute
or rule of law.