A person who, by committing an offence under Article 177, causes another person to be wrongfully convicted of a criminal offence ranging from Class 6 serious offence through Class 3 petty offence,
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 178
Aggravated False Testimony · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
is, regardless whether the sentence has been executed or not, guilty of aggravated false testimony, a Class 8 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years and not more than 5 years.
Where the resulting conviction is of a Class 1 through Class 5 serious offence, the punishment shall, regardless whether the sentence has been executed or not, be as a Class 7 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 5 years and not more than 7 years.