SPECIAL PART

Chapter 17
False Evidence and False Accusation

§ 158

(1) Any person who gives false evidence before the court, including through the use of telecommunication, shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding four years. This provision shall similarly apply to false evidence given before a foreign court.

(2) The same penalty shall apply to anyone who gives false evidence before the Court of Justice of the European Communities.

(3) If the false evidence relates only to facts irrelevant to the matter to be elucidated, the penalty may be reduced to a fine.

§ 159

(1) Any person who gives false evidence when accused in public criminal procedures or while being examined in cases where he would not be legally required to give evidence shall not be liable to punishment.

(2) If false evidence is given in the course of an examination before the court where the person was entitled to refuse to give evidence, the penalty may be reduced or, in mitigating circumstances, remitted.

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:
(b) Presenting evidence that the party knows is false or forged