Section 767.73 - Indictment; perjury; sufficiency of statement. - Michigan Statutes

THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (EXCERPT)
Act 175 of 1927

767.73 Indictment; perjury; sufficiency of statement.

Sec. 73.

An indictment for perjury or for subornation of, solicitation, or conspiracy to commit perjury, is sufficient which indicates the offense for which the accused is prosecuted, the nature of the controversy in respect of which the offense was committed and before what court or officer the oath was taken or was to have been taken, without setting forth any part of the records or proceedings with which the oath was connected, and without stating the commission or authority of the court or other authority before whom the perjury was committed or was to have been committed or the form of the oath or affirmation or the manner of administering the same.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17287 ;-- CL 1948, 767.73
Former Law: See section 3 of Act 77 of 1855, being CL 1857, § 6049; CL 1871, § 7918; How., § 9529; CL 1897, § 11914; and CL 1915, § 15741.