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of the profits from the contract or purchase.
(e) It is a defense to a prosecution under this
section that:
(1) the person was screened from any par-
ticipation in the contract or purchase;
(2) the person has not received a part of the
profits of the contract or purchase; and
(3) notice was promptly given to the
agency of the person’s interest in the con-
tract or purchase.
Chapter 2. Interference with General
Government Operations.
35-44.1-2-1. Perjury.
35-44.1-2-2. Obstruction of justice.
35-44.1-2-3. False informing.
35-44.1-2-4. False identity statement.
35-44.1-2-5. Assisting a criminal.
35-44.1-2-6. Impersonation of a public servant.
35-44.1-2-7. Unlawful use of a police radio.
35-44.1-2-8. Manufacturing and selling official badge.
35-44.1-2-9. Failure to appear.
35-44.1-2-10. Failure to respond to a summons.
35-44.1-2-11. Interference with jury service.
35-44.1-2-12. Interference with witness service.
35-44.1-2-13. Obstruction of traffic.
35-44.1-2-1. Perjury.
(a) A person who:
(1) makes a false, material statement under
oath or affirmation, knowing the state-
ment to be false or not believing it to be
true; or
(2) has knowingly made two (2) or more
material statements, in a proceeding before
a court or grand jury, which are inconsis-
tent to a degree that one (1) of them is
necessarily false;
commits perjury, a Level 6 felony.
(b) In a prosecution under subsection (a)(2):
(1) the indictment or information need not
specify which statement is actually false;
and
(2) the falsity of a statement may be estab-
lished sufficiently for conviction by proof
that the defendant made irreconcilably
contradictory statements which were mate-
rial to the point in question.
35-44.1-2-2. Obstruction of justice.
(a) A person who:
(1) knowingly or intentionally induces,
by threat, coercion, false statement, or
offer of goods, services, or anything of
value, a witness or informant in an official
proceeding or investigation to:
(A) withhold or unreasonably delay
in producing any testimony, informa-
tion, document, or thing;
(B) avoid legal process summoning
the person to testify or supply evi-
dence; or
(C) absent the person from a proceed-
ing or investigation to which the per-
son has been legally summoned;
(2) knowingly or intentionally in an offi-
cial criminal proceeding or investigation:
(A) withholds or unreasonably delays
in producing any testimony, informa-
tion, document, or thing after a court
orders the person to produce the testi-
mony, information, document, or thing;
(B) avoids legal process summoning
the person to testify or supply evi-
dence; or
(C) absents the person from a pro-
ceeding or investigation to which the
person has been legally summoned;
(3) alters, damages, or removes any record,
document, or thing, with intent to prevent
it from being produced or used as evi-
dence in any official proceeding or inves-
tigation;
(4) makes, presents, or uses a false record,
document, or thing with intent that the
record, document, or thing, material to the
point in question, appear in evidence in an
official proceeding or investigation to mis-
lead a public servant; or
(5) communicates, directly or indirectly,
with a juror otherwise than as authorized
by law, with intent to influence the juror
regarding any matter that is or may be
brought before the juror;
commits obstruction of justice, a Level 6 felony.
(b) Subsection (a)(2)(A) does not apply to:
(1) a person who qualifies for a special
privilege under IC 34-46-4 with respect to
the testimony, information, document, or
