Section 123 Of Chapter 5. Perjury And Subornation Of Perjury From California Penal Code >> Title 7. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 5.

. It is no defense to a prosecution for perjury that the accused did not know the materiality of the false statement made by him; or that it did not, in fact, affect the proceeding in or for which it was made. It is sufficient that it was material, and might have been used to affect such proceeding.