'National penalties - offences against the administration of justice' in document 'Mauritius - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

BOOK III — CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS

TITLE I — OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE

CHAPTER III — CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS AGAINST THE PUBLIC PEACE

162 Witness giving false excuse

Any witness, judicially summoned, who has alleged an excuse proved to be false, shall be condemned to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees.

BOOK III — CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS

TITLE II — OFFENCES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS

CHAPTER I — OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON

276 Giving false evidence in case of crime

(1) Any person who is convicted of giving false evidence in the prosecution of a crime, either for or against the prisoner,
Shall be punished by penal servitude for the term not exceeding 10 years.

BOOK III — CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS

TITLE II — OFFENCES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS

CHAPTER I — OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON

280 Subornation of perjury

Any person convicted of subornation of perjury shall be condemned to the same punishment as the perjured witness.