National penalties - maximum penalty

Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos)

Laos - Criminal Code 2017 EN

''Part II SPECIFIC PART, Chapter 12 Offences relating to the Breach of Administrative and Judicial Regulations''

Article 377 Refusing to Give Testimony

Any victim, civil litigant or witness who refuses to give testimony to the court or to state officials for a benefit shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term ranging from one year to five years and a fine shall be imposed ranging from 5,000,000 kip to 10,000,000 kip.

Any person agreeing to provide any type of benefit to any of the above-mentioned persons for refusing to give testimony shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term ranging from one year to five years and a fine shall be imposed ranging from 7,000,000 kip to 15,000,000 kip.

Article 378 Unjustified Refusal to Make Expert Conclusions, Opinions or to Provide Translations

Any expert, specialist or translator refusing to make an expert conclusion or opinion or refuses to provide translations to officials or to the court for a benefit, without justification shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term ranging from one year to five years and a fine shall be imposed ranging from 5,000,000 kip to 10,000,000 kip.

Any person agreeing to provide any type of benefit to any of the above-mentioned persons for refusing to make an expert conclusion or opinion or refuses to provide translations, without justification, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term ranging from one year to five years and a fine shall be imposed ranging from 7,000,000 kip to 15,000,000 kip.

Article 379 False Testimony

Any victim, witness, expert, specialist or translator who intentionally gives false testimony, opinions or translations to officials or to the court for a benefit shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term ranging from one year to five years and a fine shall be imposed ranging from 5,000,000 kip to 10,000,000 kip.

Any person agreeing to provide any type of benefit to [any of] the above-mentioned persons because of his/her false testimony, opinion or translation, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term ranging from one year to five years and a fine shall be imposed ranging from 7,000,000 kip to 15,000,000 kip.

Rome Statute

Article 77 Applicable penalties

1. Subject to article 110, the Court may impose one of the following penalties on a person convicted of a crime referred to in article 5 of this Statute:

(a) Imprisonment for a specified number of years, which may not exceed a maximum of 30 years; or

(b) A term of life imprisonment when justified by the extreme gravity of the crime and the individual circumstances of the convicted person.

2. In addition to imprisonment, the Court may order:

(a) A fine under the criteria provided for in the Rules of Procedure and Evidence;

(b) A forfeiture of proceeds, property and assets derived directly or indirectly from that crime, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties.