SPECIAL PART
CHAPTER XXVI
CRIMES AGAINST THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM

False Accusation

Section 268
(1) Any person who:
a) falsely accuses another person before an authority of the perpetration of a crime;

SPECIAL PART
CHAPTER XXVI
CRIMES AGAINST THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM

False Accusation

Section 269
Any person who:
a) falsely accuses another person before an authority of the perpetration of a misdemeanor or an infraction punishable by an administrative penalty;
b) falsely accuses another person of having committed a disciplinary infraction before an
authority or a party exercising disciplinary authority;
c) conveys any forged evidence against another person to an authority or a party exercising disciplinary authority relating to a misdemeanor or an infraction or disciplinary infraction punishable by an administrative penalty; is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment not exceeding one year.

SPECIAL PART
CHAPTER XXVI
CRIMES AGAINST THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM

Perjury

Section 272
(1) Any witness who gives false testimony before the authority concerning an essential circumstance of a case, or suppresses evidence is guilty of perjury.
(2) The provisions relating to perjury shall be applied to any person who:
a) gives false opinion as an expert or false information as a special adviser;
b) falsely translates as an interpreter or a translator;
c) presents a false document or manipulated physical evidence in criminal or civil proceedings, Paragraph b) of Subsection (1) of Section 268 notwithstanding.
(3) The defendant in criminal proceedings shall not be prosecuted on the basis of Paragraph c) of Subsection (2).
(4) Perjury committed in a criminal case shall be construed as a felony punishable by imprisonment between one to five years. If perjury concerns a crime that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, the penalty shall be imprisonment between two to eight years.