WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 563

SUBCOMMITTEE COMMENT: This subsection is new language added
to avoid repetition of the full title "Secretary of
Licensing and Regulation".

(G) STATE.

"STATE" MEANS:

(1)  A STATE, POSSESSION, TERRITORY, OR COMMONWEALTH
OF THE UNITED STATES; OR

(2)  THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

SUBCOMMITTEE COMMENT: This subsection is new language added
to avoid repetition of phrases such as "state,
possession, territory, the District of Columbia, or
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or the Northern
Mariana Islands".

SUBTITLE 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

1-201. OATHS.

(A)  IN GENERAL.

A REQUIREMENT IN THIS ARTICLE THAT A DOCUMENT BE UNDER OATH
MEANS THAT THE DOCUMENT SHALL BE SUPPORTED BY A SIGNED STATEMENT
MADE UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY THAT THE CONTENTS OF THE
DOCUMENT ARE TRUE TO THE BEST OF THE KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION, AND
BELIEF OF THE INDIVIDUAL MAKING THE STATEMENT.

(B)  PROCEDURES.

THE OATH OR AFFIRMATION SHALL BE MADE:

(1)  BEFORE AN INDIVIDUAL AUTHORIZED TO ADMINISTER
OATHS, WHO SHALL CERTIFY IN WRITING TO HAVE ADMINISTERED THE OATH
OR TAKEN THE AFFIRMATION; OR

(2)  BY A SIGNED STATEMENT THAT:

(I)  IS IN THE DOCUMENT OR ATTACHED TO AND MADE
PART OF THE DOCUMENT; AND

(II)  IS MADE EXPRESSLY UNDER THE PENALTIES FOR
PERJURY.

(C)  EFFECT OF STATEMENT.

IF THE PROCEDURES PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B)(2) OF THIS
SECTION ARE USED, THE AFFIDAVIT SUBJECTS THE INDIVIDUAL MAKING IT
TO THE PENALTIES FOR PERJURY TO THE SAME EXTENT AS AN OATH OR

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