SPECIAL PART
CHAPTER XXVI
CRIMES AGAINST THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM
False Accusation
Section 268
(1) Any person who:
b) conveys to the authority any forged evidence against another person relating to a crime;
is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment not exceeding three years.
SPECIAL PART
CHAPTER XXVI
CRIMES AGAINST THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM
False Accusation
Section 269
Any person who:
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.
1. The Court shall have jurisdiction over the following offences against its administration of justice when committed intentionally:
(b) Presenting evidence that the party knows is false or forged;