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,
Penal Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation.
Article 177
False Testimony · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
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.
Mere inaccurate allegations by a party in defense of his interests are not subject to these provisions.