Louisiana · Louisiana Revised Statutes — Title 14, Criminal Law

La. R.S. 14 § 14:127: Limitation of defenses

What this law says, in plain English

Perjury and false swearing prosecutions cannot be defended by claiming the oath was irregular, the accused was incompetent to testify, or the accused didn't know the statement was material.

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