Part 2 SPECIAL PART
Chapter 18 OFFENCES AGAINST ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Division 2 Offences against Persons’ Rights in Pre-trial, Extra-Judicial or Court Proceedings
§ 320. False testimony and perjury
(1) A victim or witness who gives knowingly false testimony in a criminal or misdemeanour proceeding or civil or administrative court proceeding, or a party to a proceeding who gives knowingly false statements under oath or provides a knowingly incorrect inventory of assets or calculation of income or expenditure under oath is punishable by a pecuniary punishment or up to three years’ imprisonment.
(2) The same act, if it involves fraudulent creation of evidence, is punishable by a pecuniary punishment or up to five years’ imprisonment.
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;