(1) A person commits the offense of perjury if in any official proceeding the person makes, under an oath required or authorized by law, a false statement which the person does not believe to be true.

Attorney's Note

Under the Hawaii Revised Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class C felonyup to 5 yearsup to $10,000
For details, see Haw. Rev. Stat. § 706-660
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(2) No person shall be convicted under this section unless the court rules that the false statement is a “materially false statement” as defined by section [710-1000]. It is not a defense that the declarant mistakenly believed the false statement to be immaterial.
(3) Perjury is a class C felony.

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