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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Is it unusual to ask witnesses if they would be prepared to testify in a court of law? Not been in that position myself but seems a sensible procedure to have.
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It’s routine question asked. To testify in court, they’d be under oath, so if they’re found to be lying or give a false statement, that person would then be charged for perverting the course of justice or perjury.
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If any person lawfully sworn as a witness or as an interpreter in a judicial proceeding wilfully makes a statement material in that proceeding, which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true, he shall be guilty of perjury, and shall, on conviction thereof on indictment, be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding seven years, or to imprisonment . . . F1 for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine or to both such penal servitude or imprisonment and fine.
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https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/1-2/6