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The relevant provisions of implementing legislation: [1] [2]
The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PRIVATE PART

SECTION TWELVE CRIME AGAINST JUDICIAL AUTHORITY

CHAPTER XLII. CRIME AGAINST PROCEDURE FOR EVIDENCE COLLECTION

Article 370. False Evidence, False Opinion or Incorrect Translation
1. Giving false evidence by the witness or victim or submitting false opinion or evidence by the expert or intentionally incorrect interpretation by the interpreter in the course of investigation or in court, - shall be punishable by fine or by socially useful labour from one hundred and eighty to two hundred and forty hours in length, or by corrective labour for up to two years in length or by jail term up to three months.
2. The same action involving charges of a grave or especially grave offence,- shall be punishable by fine or by imprisonment for up to five years in length.

Note: The witness, plaintiff, expert or interpreter shall be released from criminal liability, if he/she, in the course of inquiry or preliminary investigation or before delivering a judgment or any other court decision, voluntarily confesses to having given false evidence or false opinion or intentionally incorrect interpretation.

PRIVATE PART

CHAPTER XLII. CRIME AGAINST PROCEDURE FOR EVIDENCE COLLECTION

SECTION TWELVE CRIME AGAINST JUDICIAL AUTHORITY

Article 373. False Reporting
1. False reporting on crime,-
shall be punishable by fine or by socially useful labour from one hundred and eighty to two hundred and forty hours in length or by corrective labour extending from one to two years or by jail term from two to four months or by imprisonment up to two years in length.
2. The same action involving a charge of any grave or especially grave offence, or artificially creating evidence of charge,- shall be punishable by prison sentences ranging from two to six years in length.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

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:
(a) Giving false testimony when under an obligation pursuant to article 69, paragraph 1, to tell the truth