Texas statute
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 21.14 — Perjury and aggravated perjury
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 21: INDICTMENT AND INFORMATION, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 21.14
Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.
(a) An indictment for perjury or aggravated perjury need not charge the precise language of the false statement, but may state the substance of the same, and no such indictment shall be held insufficient on account of any variance which does not affect the subject matter or general import of such false statement; and it is not necessary in such indictment to set forth the pleadings, records or proceeding with which the false statement is connected, nor the commission or authority of the court or person before whom the false statement was made; but it is sufficient to state the name of the court or public servant by whom the oath was administered with the allegation of the falsity of the matter on which the perjury or aggravated perjury is assigned. (b) If an individual is charged with aggravated perjury before a grand jury, the indictment may not be entered by the grand jury before which the false statement was alleged to have been made.
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