(a) It is a defense to a prosecution for perjury that the defendant retracted his or her false material statement:(1) In a manner showing a complete and voluntary retraction of the statement;(2) During the course of the same official proceeding in which the statement was made; and(3) Before the subject matter of the official proceeding was submitted to the ultimate trier of fact.(b) A statement made in a separate hearing at a separate stage of the same case or administrative proceeding is deemed to have been made in the course of the same proceeding.(c) Any person who in making a retraction causes termination of any official proceeding by reason of prejudice to a legal right of a party to the official proceeding is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2606; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2606.
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