PART III—OFFENCES AGAINST RIGHTS OF PROPERTY
CHAPTER 2—FORGERY
Section 158—Forgery of Judicial or Official Document.
Whoever, with intent to deceive any person, forges any judicial or official document, shall be guilty of second degree felony.
PART IV—OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER, HEALTH AND MORALITY
CHAPTER 4—OFFENCES CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Perjury and Similar Offences
Section 210—Perjury.
(1) Whoever commits perjury shall be guilty of second degree felony.
(2) Whoever commits perjury with intent to cause the conviction of any person for any crime punishable with death, shall be guilty of first degree felony.
PART II—PROVISIONS RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
Summary Procedure in Perjury
Section 152 Perjury.
(1) The Court, if it appears to it that a person has been guilty of perjury in any proceeding before it, ma (a) commit him for trial upon indictment for perjury and bind any person by recognizance to gi
at the trial; or
(b) commit him to prison for any term not exceeding six months with or without hard labour, or sum not exceeding 150 penalty units, or impose both such penalties upon him, in each such c contempt of court.
(2) (a) Where, however, the Court is a District Court, the penalties shall be limited to th
imprisonment or to a fine of 100 penalty units or to both.
(b) On imposing any penalty as for a contempt of Court under this section, a Magistrate sha keep a minute recording of the facts of the penalty; and he shall forthwith send a copy of the appropriate Judge of the High Court.
(c) Except where the order of the Magistrate is set aside by a judge of the High Court any pen under this section shall be a bar to any other criminal proceedings in respect of the same amended by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, (Act 633), s. (14) (a), (b)]
3. In the event of conviction, the Court may impose a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years, or a fine in accordance with the Rules of Procedure and Evidence, or both.
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.