Title IV - False Declarations

Authors

Jeffrey J. Greenbaum, University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow

Abstract

Title IV was designed to facilitate the bringing of federal perjury prosecutions, thereby strengthening the deterrent value of the perjury penalties and acting as a greater incentive for truthful testimony. It establishes a new false declarations statute applicable to court and grand jury proceedings, with maximum penalty slightly increased over that allowable under the previously controlling perjury statute.

Recommended Citation

Jeffrey J. Greenbaum, Title IV - False Declarations, 4 U. Mich. J. L. Reform 592 (1971).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjlr/vol4/iss3/13