(3) Where a statement made for the purposes of a judicial proceeding is not made before the tribunal itself, but is made on oath before a person authorised by law to administer an oath to the person who makes the statement, and to record or authenticate the statement, it shall for the purposes of this section be treated as having been made in a judicial proceeding. (4) A statement made by a person lawfully sworn in England or Ireland for the purposes of a judicial proceeding-- (_a_) in another part of His Majesty’s dominions, or (_b_) in a British tribunal lawfully constituted in any place by sea or land outside His Majesty’s dominions, or (_c_) in a tribunal of any foreign state, shall for the purpose of this section be treated as a statement made in a judicial proceeding in England or Ireland. (5) Where for the purposes of a judicial proceeding in England or Ireland, a person is lawfully sworn under the authority of an Act of Parliament-- (_a_) in any other part of His Majesty’s dominions, or (_b_) before a British tribunal or a British officer in a foreign country, or within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England, a statement made by such person so sworn as aforesaid (unless the Act of Parliament under which it was made otherwise specifically provides) shall be treated for the purposes of this section as having been made in the judicial proceeding in England or Ireland for the purposes whereof it was made. (6) The question whether a statement on which perjury is assigned was material is a question of law to be determined by the court of trial. =2.= If any person-- (1) being required or authorised by law to make any statement on oath for any purpose, and being lawfully sworn (otherwise than in a judicial proceeding) wilfully makes a statement which is material for that purpose and which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true, or (2) wilfully uses any false affidavit for the purposes of the Bill of Sale Act, 1878, as amended by any subsequent enactment, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and on conviction thereof on indictment shall be liable to penal servitude for a term not exceeding seven years or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine or to both such penal servitude or imprisonment and fine. =3.= (1) If any person-- (_a_) for the purpose of procuring a marriage, or a certificate or license for marriage, knowingly and wilfully makes a false oath, or makes or signs a false declaration, notice or certificate required under any Act of Parliament for the time being in force relating to marriage, or