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    Perjury; pleading and proof where inconsistent statements involved
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    Perjury and Related Offenses
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    Perjury; no defense
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    SECTION 210.25

    Perjury; defense

    Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE L, ARTICLE 210

    § 210.25 Perjury; defense.

    In any prosecution for perjury, it is an affirmative defense that the
    defendant retracted his false statement in the course of the proceeding
    in which it was made before such false statement substantially affected
    the proceeding and before it became manifest that its falsity was or
    would be exposed.