§ 2901a - Perjury by inconsistent statements - Vermont Statutes

§ 2901a. Perjury by inconsistent statements

A person is also guilty of perjury and may be sentenced under section 2901 of this title if in one or more proceedings before or ancillary to a court or grand jury or in a contested case before a state agency pursuant to chapter 25 of Title 3:

(1) he or she knowingly makes two or more statements under oath or affirmation which are material in the proceedings;

(2) the statements are inconsistent to the degree that the person necessarily believed one of them to be false; and

(3) both statements were made within the period of the statute of limitations. (Added 1983, No. 244 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2005, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 4b.)