'National prosecution for offences against the administration of justice' in document 'Hungary - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

SPECIAL PART

Chapter XV
Crimes Against the Purity of State Administration, the Administration of Justice and Public Life

Title VI
Crimes Against the Administration of Justice

Giving False Evidence

Section 240

Until the affair, in which the giving of false evidence was committed (basic affair) is not finished, criminal proceedings for giving false evidence may only be instituted on the basis of the motion of the authority acting in the basic affair. Save for the case of such motion, the prescription of giving false evidence commences on the day of the termination of the basic affair.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 70
Offences against the administration of justice
4. (b) Upon request by the Court, whenever it deems it proper, the State Party shall submit the case to its competent authorities for the purpose of prosecution. Those authorities shall treat such cases with diligence and devote sufficient resources to enable them to be conducted effectively.