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Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.422

Perjury committed in courts.

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Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.422, Perjury committed in courts, Michigan, version 1 as recorded 2026-08-18, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1374497
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Perjury committed in courts—Any person who, being lawfully required to depose the truth in any proceeding in a court of justice, shall commit perjury shall be guilty of a felony, punishable, if such perjury was committed on the trial of an indictment for a capital crime, by imprisonment in the state prison for life, or any term of years, and if committed in any other case, by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 15 years.