SPECIAL PART

SECTION FIVE. CRIMES AGAINST ORDER OF GOVERNANCE OF AUTHORITIES, ADMINISTRATION BODIES, AND PUBLIC ASSOCIATIONS

CHAPTER 16. CRIMES AGAINST JUSTICE

Article 238. Perjured Testimony

Perjured testimony, that is knowingly false testimony of a witness or victim or knowingly false opinion of a forensic examiner, as well as knowingly wrong translation/interpretation from one language into another in the course of inquiry, pretrial investigation or in court –
shall be punished with fine up to twenty-five minimum monthly wages, or correctional labor up to two years, or arrest up to six months.

Tampering with witness or victim to give false testimony or with a forensic examiner to give false opinion, or with a translator/interpreter to make a wrong translation/interpretation in the course of inquiry, preliminary investigation or judicial consideration of the case, as well as forcing to perjured testimony by mental and physical pressure on them or on their close relatives –
shall be punished with correctional labor from two to three years or imprisonment up to three years.

The actions punishable under Paragraph 1 or 2 of this Article committed in interests of an organized group –
shall be punished with imprisonment from three to five years.