Penal Code · English · 2015
Article 177
False Testimony
(1)
A person who, not being under oath, and during an examination to a Court or agency authorized to hear the testimony or conduct the examination, gives false testimony, conceals the truth, or provides misleading information,
#is guilty of false testimony, a Class 1 petty offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 6 months and not more than 12 months, or a fine of 20,001 – 50,000 Nakfas, to be set in intervals of 2,500 Nakfas.
#(2)
Mere inaccurate allegations by a party in defense of his interests are not subject to these provisions.
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