PART TWO
SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER EIGHT
CRIMINAL OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER

Title Five
Other Forms of Interfering with the Activities by Public Authorities

Section 344
Obstruction of Justice

(1) Any person who, in proceedings before the court or in criminal proceedings,

a) presents as genuine the evidence of which he knows that it is false or altered,
b) falsifies, alters or obstructs the evidence or prevents the taking of evidence,
c) obstructs or prevents the presence or the testimony of a party to the criminal proceedings, party to the proceedings before the court, witness, expert, interpreter or translator, or
d) uses violence, threat of violence or threat of other grievous harm, or who promises, offers or provides undue advantage with the aim of exerting influence on a party to the criminal proceedings, party to the proceedings before the court, witness, expert, interpreter, translator, or a body involved in criminal proceedings, shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of one to six years.

(2) The offender shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of three to eight years if he commits the offence referred to in paragraph 1

a) with the intention of obtaining substantial benefit for himself or another, or causing substantial damage or other particularly serious consequence,
b) with the intention to prevent or obstruct the exercise of fundamental rights and freedoms by another, or
c) by reason of specific motivation.

PART TWO
SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER EIGHT
CRIMINAL OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER

Title Five
Other Forms of Interfering with the Activities by Public Authorities

Section 346
False Testimony and Perjury

(1) Any person who, in proceedings before the court or in criminal proceedings or for the purposes of criminal proceedings abroad, in the capacity of a witness before a prosecutor or police body or before a judge of an international body recognized by the Slovak Republic, gives a false statement concerning a fact which is of material relevance for the decision, or withholds the information concerning such fact, shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of one to five years.

(2) Any person who, in proceedings before the court or for the purposes of criminal proceedings abroad, in the capacity of a witness giving testimony under oath, gives a false statement concerning a fact which is of material relevance for the decision, or withholds the information concerning such fact, shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of two to five years.

(3) The offender shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of three to eight years if he commits the offence referred to in paragraphs 1 or 2

a) acting in a more serious manner, or
b) by reason of specific motivation.

(4) The offender shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of four to ten years if he commits the offence referred to in paragraphs 1 or 2, and causes substantial damage or other particularly serious consequence through its commission.