Penal Code · English · 2015
Article 166
False Accusation
A person who, with the intent to implicate as a perpetrator or a participant in a crime a person he knows is innocent:
#is guilty of false accusation, a Class 2 petty offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 1 month and not more than 6 months, or a fine of 5,001 – 20,000 Nakfas, to be set in intervals of 1,000 Nakfas.
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