Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 16331. Administration of oaths;  punishment for false swearing

The president, the secretary, and the chief clerk of the board of health, and the health officer of the city and port of Philadelphia, shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations in conducting the business of their respective offices, in connection with said board;  and if any person or persons shall wilfully and absolutely swear, or affirm falsely in taking any oath or affirmation, required by such officers aforesaid, in the proper performance of their respective duties, such person or persons so offending, shall, upon due conviction thereof, be subject to the pains and penalties, which are by law prescribed for the punishment of wilful and corrupt perjury.