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SLAVE TRADE ACT 1873 - SECT 22 

Prosecution for false evidence.

22. Any person who wilfully gives false evidence in any proceeding taken in
pursuance of this Act in any slave court shall be guilty of an offence against
this Act, and shall be liable to the like penalty as if he had been guilty of
perjury, or in a British possession, of the offence, by whatever name called,
which if committed in England would be perjury.

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