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Penalty on persons taking or suborning others to take false oaths.
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124. And . . . that if any person or persons who shall take any oath in pursuance of this Act shall wilfully swear falsely therein, and shall be thereof lawfully convicted by verdict or confession, any such person so offending shall for any such offence incur and suffer such penalties, pains, and disabilities as persons convicted of wilful and corrupt perjury are or shall be liable to by any law then in force in Ireland; and if any person or persons shall procure or suborn any other person to take such false oath, and shall be thereof convicted by verdict or confession (whether the person having taken such false oath shall be previously convicted or not), any such person so procuring or suborning shall for every such offence incur and suffer such penalties, forfeitures, pains, and disabilities as persons convicted of subornation of perjury are or shall be liable to by any law then in force in Ireland.
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