SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER NINE
FALSE TESTIMONY AND PERJURY

Section 157
Duress

(1) If a witness or an expert has perjured himself or given false unsworn testimony, the court in its discretion may mitigate the sentence (section 49(2)) or in the case of unsworn testimony order a discharge, if the offender told a lie in order to avert from a relative or himself a danger of being punished or subjected to a custodial measure of rehabilitation and incapacitation.

(2) The court in its discretion may also mitigate the sentence (section 49(2)) or order a discharge if a person not yet competent to take an oath has given false unsworn testimony.

SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER NINE
FALSE TESTIMONY AND PERJURY

Section 159
Attempt to abet false testimony

Section 30(1), section 31(1) No 1 shall apply mutatis mutandis to an attempt to abet false unsworn testimony (section 153) and a false sworn affidavit (section 156).

Section 160
Procuring false testimony

(1) Whosoever procures another to take a false oath shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding two years or a fine; whosoever procures another to make a false sworn affidavit or give false unsworn testimony shall be liable to imprisonment not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding one hundred and eighty daily units.

(2) The attempt shall be punishable.

Article 70
Offences against the administration of justice
1. The Court shall have jurisdiction over the following offences against its administration of justice when committed intentionally:
(c) Corruptly influencing a witness, obstructing or interfering with the attendance or testimony of a witness, retaliating against a witness for giving testimony or destroying, tampering with or interfering with the collection of evidence