Giving false testimony

Czech Republic

Czech republic - Criminal Code 2010 (2011) EN

PART TWO SPECIAL PART
CHAPTER IX CRIMINAL OFFENCES AGAINST THE CZECH REPUBLIC, FOREIGN STATES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
Division 4 Other Interference with Activity of Public Authority

Section 346 False Testimony
(1) Whoever gives as an expert a false, grossly distorted or incomplete expert opinion, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for up to two years or to prohibition of activity.
(2) Whoever as a witness before court or international judicial authority, before a public notary as a judicial commissioner, public prosecutor or a police authority conducting pre-trial proceedings according to the Code of Criminal Procedure, or before the investigative committee of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
a) states untrue about a circumstance that has essential relevance for decision making or for findings of the investigative committee of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic,
b) conceals such a circumstance,
shall be sentenced to imprisonment for six months to three years or to prohibition of activity.
(3) An offender shall be sentenced to imprisonment for two to ten years, if he/she
a) causes substantial damage by the act referred to in Sub-section (1) or (2), or
b) commits such an act with the intention to seriously harm another in his/her occupation,
to disrupt his/her family relations or to cause another serious detriment.

Czech republic - Criminal Procedure Code 1961 (2012) EN

PART TWO
SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER X
CRIMINAL OFFENCES AGAINST ORDER IN PUBLIC MATTERS

Division 4
Other Interference with Activity of Public Authority

Section 346 False Testimony
(1) Whoever gives as an expert a false, grossly distorted or incomplete expert opinion, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for up to two years or to prohibition of activity.
(2) Whoever as a witness before court or international judicial authority, before a public notary as a judicial commissioner, public prosecutor or a police authority conducting pre-trial proceedings according to the Code of Criminal Procedure, or before the investigative committee of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic.
a) states untrue about a circumstance that has essential relevance for decision making or
for findings of the investigative committee of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic,
b) conceals such a circumstance,
shall be sentenced to imprisonment for six months to three years or to prohibition of activity.
(3) An offender shall be sentenced to imprisonment for two to ten years, if he/she
a) causes substantial damage by the act referred to in Sub-section (1) or (2), or
b) commits such an act with the intention to seriously harm another in his/her occupation,
to disrupt his/her family relations or to cause another serious detriment.

Rome Statute

Article 70 Offences against the administration of justice

1. The Court shall have jurisdiction over the following offences against its administration of justice when committed intentionally:

(a) Giving false testimony when under an obligation pursuant to article 69, paragraph 1, to tell the truth;