COMMITTEE ON RULES AND JUDICIARY 
 
07/18/2024-AMENDED AND REPORTED OUT TO THE FLOOR 
 
BILL NO. 
35-0269 
 
Thirty-Fifth Legislature of the Virgin Islands 
 
 
 
May 31, 2024 
 
 
 
An Act amending title 2 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 1 by adding a section 13 providing a 
penalty for the commission of perjury in proceedings before the Legislature of the Virgin 
Islands 
 
 
 
PROPOSED BY: 
 
 
Senators Kenneth L. Gittens, Marvin A. Blyden and 
Novelle E. Francis, Jr. 
 
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands: 
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SECTION 1.  Title 2 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 1 is amended by adding section 13 
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that reads as follows: 
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Ҥ 13.  (a) A person is personally liable for a fine of not less than $500 or imprisoned for 
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not more than 30 days, who in, or in connection with, any proceeding, hearing, or inquiry before 
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the Legislature of the Virgin Islands — 
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(1) 
swears or affirms— 
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(A) that he will truly testify, declare, depose, or certify; or 
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(B) that any testimony, declaration, deposition, certificate, affidavit, or 
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other writing subscribed by him is true; and 
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(2) 
willfully and knowingly testifies, declares, deposes, or certifies falsely or 
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states in his testimony, deposition, affidavit or certificate any matter to be true which he 
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knows to be false.” 
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(b) 
For any subsequent convictions, a person is personally liable for a fine of not less 
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than $1,000 but not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than 60 days. 
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BILL SUMMARY 
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This bill makes it unlawful to provide false testimony under oath in proceedings before 
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the Legislature of the Virgin Islands and subjects the person to be personally liable for a fine 
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of not less than $250 or to imprisonment of not more than 30 days. 
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BR23-0333/March 3, 2023/SLR 
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