PART II FELONIES

Chapter 15. False testimony

Section 163.

Any person who gives false testimony in court after making an affirmation shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years.

PART II FELONIES

Chapter 15. False testimony

Section 166.

Any person who gives false testimony in court or before a notary public or in any statement presented to the court by him as a party to or legal representative in a case, or who orally or in writing gives false testimony to any public authority in a case in which he is obliged to give such testimony, or where the testimony is intended to serve as proof, shall be liable to fines or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.

The same penalty shall apply to any person who causes testimony known to him to be false to be given by another person in any of the above- mentioned cases, or who aids and abets thereto.

Section 160.Tampering with evidence and evasion of prosecution, etc.

Any person who obstructs an official investigation into an offence by participating in the obliteration, removal, destruction, alteration, planting or fabrication of objects that may constitute evidence, or in other ways obliterates the traces of the act, shall be subject to a penalty of a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.

Section 221.False statement

A penalty of a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years shall be applied to any person who in writing or orally provides false information to

The penalties pursuant to the first paragraph do not apply to a suspect who provides a false statement about the matter he or she is suspected of. The same applies to any person who could not tell the truth without exposing himself or herself or any of his or her next-of-kin to prosecution or a risk of significant loss of social standing or other significant loss of welfare, unless the person in question was under a duty to testify.

Section 365.False statement intended for use as evidence

A penalty of a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years shall be applied to any person who

The right to instituteaccusation or report of a criminal proceedings or make a conviction pursuant to the first paragraph c) shall lapse after 10 years.