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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1960, chapter 358; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":350957,"section_number":"18.2-434","catch_line":"What deemed perjury; punishment and penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-434\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1391235,"object_type":"law","relational_id":350959,"identifier":"18.2-436","token":"18.2\/10\/1\/18.2-436","url":"\/18.2-436\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-436\/","token":"18.2\/10\/1\/18.2-436","dublin_core":{"Title":"Inducing another to give false testimony; sufficiency of evidence","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-436","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If any person procure or induce another to commit perjury<\/span> or to give false testimony<\/span> under oath<\/span> in violation of any provision of this article, he shall be punished as prescribed in \u00a7 18.2-434<\/a>.<\/p>

In any prosecution<\/span> under this section, it shall be sufficient to prove that the person alleged to have given false testimony<\/span> shall have been procured, induced, counselled or advised to give such testimony<\/span> by the party<\/span> charged.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINDUCING ANOTHER TO GIVE FALSE TESTIMONY; SUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE (\u00a7 18.2-436)\n\nIf any person procure or induce another to commit perjury or to give false\ntestimony under oath in violation of any provision of this article, he shall be\npunished as prescribed in \u00a7 18.2-434.\n\nIn any prosecution under this section, it shall be sufficient to prove that the\nperson alleged to have given false testimony shall have been procured, induced,\ncounselled or advised to give such testimony by the party charged.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-277; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}