'28th September, 1936 (b) T H E P A L E S T I N E 999 GAZETTE without authority assumes to act as authority by law to administer an oath declaration, affirmation or affidavit or to of a public nature w h i c h can only be authorised by lav/ to do so; or a person having or take a solemn do any other act done by persons ( c ) represents himself to be a person authorised by law to sign a document testifying to the contents of any register or record kept by lawful authority, or testifying to any fact or event, and signs such document, as being so authorised, when he is not, and knows that he is not, i n fact, so authorised; is guilty of a misdemeanour. 115. Personating public officers. A n y person who :— ( a ) personates any person employed i n the public service on an occasion when the latter is required to do any act or attend i n any place by virtue of his employment; or ( b ) falsely represents himself to be a person employed i n the public service, and assumes to do any act or to attend in any place for the purpose of doing any act by virtue of such employment; is guilty of a misdemeanour. C H A P T E R OFFENCES RELATING 116. XIII. TO T H E A D M I N I S T R A T I O N O F J U S T I C E . I n this chapter unless the context otherwise requires :— Definitions. " T e s t i m o n y " means statements made orally or i n w r i t i n g by way of evidence, and includes:— (a) statements of opinion given i n evidence; (6) translations proceedings; made by interpreters i n any judicial (c) statements made by a plaintiff or defendant i n a civil suit or by a civil claimant i n a criminal prosecution; but does not include statements not on oath made by the accused person i n a criminal prosecution. " D e c l a r a t i o n " means testimony given otherwise than on oath. 117. —(1) A n y person who i n any judicial proceeding knowingly gives false testimony touching any matter w h i c h is material to any question depending i n that proceeding is guilty of a felony. Such felony is termed perjury. I t is immaterial whether the testimony is given on oath or under any other sanction authorised by law or by way of declaration only. The forms and ceremonies used i n administering the oath or i n otherwise binding the person giving the testimony to speak the truth are immaterial if he assents to the forms and ceremonies used. I t is immaterial whether the court or tribunal is properly constituted, or is held i n the proper place or not, i f it acts as a court or tribunal i n the proceeding i n which the testimony is given. Perjury and subornation of perjury.