A person who, while serving as a translator or interpreter in any official capacity, in judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings, intentionally falsely translates any document or interprets any spoken word or sign language,
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 180
False Translation or Interpretation · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
is guilty of false translation or interpretation in a judicial proceeding, a Class 9 serious offence, punishable with a definite term of imprisonment of not less than 1 year and not more than 3 years.
A person committing the offence under sub-Article (1) other than in a judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding
is guilty of false translation or interpretation, 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.