Perjury Act, 1586

Who shall hear and determine said offences.

III. And be it also enacted by the authority aforesaid, that aswell the judge and judges of every such of the said courts where any such suite is or shall be, and whereupon any such perjurie is or shall happen to be committed, as also the justices of assise and gaole deliverie, in their several circuites, and the justice of peace in every county within this realm, at their quarter sessions, both within liberties and without, shall have full power and authoritie, by vertue hereof, to inquire of all and every the defaults and offences perpetrated, committed or done, contrarie to this act, by inquisition, presentment, bill, or information before them exhibited, or otherwise lawfully to heare and determine the same; and thereupon to give judgment, award processe and execution of the same, according to the course of the lawes of this realm.

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