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CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 338
Restrictions on prosecutions for perjury
338 Restrictions on prosecutions for perjury
(1) A person is not to be prosecuted for perjury except- (a) by the Director
of Public Prosecutions, or
(b) at the direction of the Attorney General, or
(c) by any other person with leave of the judicial officer who constituted the
judicial tribunal before which the perjury is alleged to have been committed.
(2) If it is impossible or impracticable to apply for leave to prosecute in
accordance with subsection (1) (c), the prosecution may be instituted with
leave of the Supreme Court.
(3) A person is not to be prosecuted for perjury
(except by the Director of Public Prosecutions or at the direction of the
Attorney General) unless notice of the proposed prosecution has been given to
the Director of Public Prosecutions.
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