CHAPTER 145
(HB 1068)
Criminal penalty revised for perjury.
ENTITLED, An Act to
revise the criminal penalty for perjury.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section
1.
That
§
22-29-5
be amended to read as follows:
22-29-5.
Perjury:
(1)
If committed in any trial for felony, is a Class 3 felony;
(2)
If committed in any other trial, court proceeding, deposition, or administrative
proceeding conducted under oath, is a Class 5 felony
;
(3) If committed in any other manner proscribed by law, is a Class 6 felony
.
Signed March 2, 2007