(a) A person may not willfully swear falsely, under oath or affirmation lawfully administered, in a legislative proceeding concerning any matter or thing material or not material, or procure, or attempt to procure, another person to do so.
(b) A person who violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 and, in the discretion of the court, be confined in jail not more than one year.
(c) A person convicted of violating subsection (a) of this section is ineligible to hold any office or position of honor, trust or profit in this state, and to serve as a juror.
Structure West Virginia Code
§4-1-1. Interim Committee and Subcommittee Meetings
§4-1-2. How Appropriations Made and Applied
§4-1-3. Suits Against Members of Legislature; Exemption From Arrest, Trial, Judgment and Levy
§4-1-4. Compelling Members to Attend
§4-1-6. Administration of Oaths to Members of Legislature, Officers and Witnesses
§4-1-6a. False Swearing in a Legislative Proceeding; Penalty
§4-1-7. Flags Displayed During Sessions
§4-1-8. Officers and Employees; Tenure
§4-1-9. Assistant Clerks; Committee Clerks to Assist
§4-1-10. Powers and Duties of Officers
§4-1-10a. Filling Vacancies in the Office of Presiding Officer of the Two Houses
§4-1-11. Vacancies in Clerkships
§4-1-12. Custody of Journals and Documents; Certified Copies
§4-1-14. Copies of Enrolled Bills Mailed to Courts; Effect
§4-1-15. Fees of Clerks for Copying or Recording
§4-1-16. Indexes to Journals; Printing; Compensation for Preparing
§4-1-17. Priority of Legislative Business for Members and Designated Employees
§4-1-19. Distribution of Acts of the Legislature
§4-1-20. Legislative Findings; Space in the Capitol Building for Use by Legislature
§4-1-21. Prefiling of Bills and Resolutions