Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5922 (2026)

Disqualification by perjury.

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§ 5922. Disqualification by perjury.

In a civil matter, a person who has been convicted in a court of this Commonwealth of perjury, which term is hereby declared to include subornation of or solicitation to commit perjury, shall not be a competent witness for any purpose, although his sentence may have been fully complied with, unless the judgment of conviction be judicially set aside or reversed, or unless the matter is one to redress or prevent injury or violence attempted, done or threatened to his person or property, in which cases he shall be permitted to testify.

Cross References. Section 5922 is referred to in section 5931 of this title.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1991–2000 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Butler, 601 A.2d 268 (Pa. 1991).

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Commonwealth v. Butler, 601 A.2d 268 (Pa. 1991). · cites it 4× “" 42 Pa.C.S. § 5922. The trial court also continued to refuse to allow any evidence of the civil action to be brought before the jury, because ample opportunity existed to show bias, prejudice or vindictiveness, without injecting evidence of the civil action.”

Commonwealth Ex Rel. Baldwin v. Richard, 751 A.2d 647 (Pa. 2000). · cites it 2× “It is unlikely that the framers of the Constitution intended "infamous crime," a term of constitutional import, to be subject to such varying interpretations.”

Commonwealth Ex Rel. Corbett v. Large, 715 A.2d 1226 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1998). · cites it 2× “§ 4902, Perjury is defined as, "a felony of the third degree, if in any official proceeding he makes a false statement under oath or equivalent affirmation, or swears or affirms the truth of a statement previously made, when the statement is material and he does not believe it…”

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