BOOK III — CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS

TITLE I — OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE

CHAPTER III — CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS AGAINST THE PUBLIC PEACE

162 Witness giving false excuse

Any witness, judicially summoned, who has alleged an excuse proved to be false, shall be condemned to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees.

BOOK III — CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS

TITLE II — OFFENCES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS

CHAPTER I — OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON

280 Subornation of perjury

Any person convicted of subornation of perjury shall be condemned to the same punishment as the perjured witness.

PART II – OFFENCES AND JURISDICTION OF COURTS OF MARITIUS

7. Contempt of International Criminal Court

(1)
(a) gives false testimony when under an obligation, pursuant to Article 69, paragraph 1 of the Statute, to tell the truth

PART III - FORMS OF MUTUAL ASSISTANCE

7. Foreign request for a virtual evidence-gathering order

(4) Where a witness gives evidence under subsection (3) -

(b) the law of Mauritius relating to perjury shall apply with respect to any evidence given by the person as though the person was a witness before a court in Mauritius.

(5) Where a witness refuses -

(a) to attend at the time and place fixed by the Judge in Chambers ; or
(b) to answer a question, or produce, or show a document or article as ordered by the Judge in Chambers under subsection (3),
he shall be in contempt of the court.